Leccinum holopus (Rostk.) Watling syn. Boletus holopus Rostk. Moor-Birkenpilz Ghost Bolete. Cap 4–7(10)cm, dirty white to pale buff becoming darker and flushed greenish with age, smooth, viscid when fresh. Stem 80–110´8–15(30)mm, white or pale buff, covered with white scales discolouring cinnamon with age. Flesh soft, white, blue green in stem base, often pink elsewhere or unchanging. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes white to clay-buff. Pores white to buff, flushed cinnamon with age or on bruising. Spore print cinnamon-ochraceous buff. Spores subfusiform, 17.5–20´5.5–6.5m. Habitat amongst sphagnum under birches. Season autumn. Rare. Edible – not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe.