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Boletus legaliae.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Teufelsröhrling
Boletus legaliae Mushroom
Ref No: 7273
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Boletus legalliae GK Mushroom
Ref No: 7274
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Boletus legaliae Mushroom
Ref No: 7330
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
spore colour: Olivaceous
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Boletus legaliae (Pilat) ex Pilat & Dermek Teufelsröhrling syn. Boletus satanoides Smotlacha syn. B. splendidus Martin subsp. splendidus Cap 5–14cm, initially whitish or milky coffee-coloured then grey olivaceous with a flush of red becoming more intense with age, particularly at the margin, bruising blue only after rough handling. Stem 80–160´20–40mm, orange above the red central zone, lower half lemon-yellow or coral, with an orange net at apex which is gradually lost towards the base, bruising blue. Flesh white to pale lemon, discolouring blue-green and red in the base of the stem when cut. Taste unpleasant, smell spicy. Tubes lemon-chrome bruising blue. Pores small, orange red becoming darker red with age, lighter at margin. Spore print olivaceous snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 10.5–12.5´4.5–5m. Habitat with oaks. Season summer. Rare. Poisonous. Found In Europe.

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