Saturday 14 August 2021

Red Cracking Bolete

I am confident that the Bolete I found close to our Larch trees is the Red Cracking Bolete (Xerocomellus chrysenteron) despite the warnings about misidentification surrounding this particular Bolete. It ticks all the boxes,cap colour, thin red flesh layer, flesh slightly blueing when cut, angular pores turning a dirty olive yellow, red streaked stipe with a yellow apex, so I am happy to confirm. I found it in the same place a few years ago so this is not a new species for the site.

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