Leccinum quercinum (Pilát) Green and Watling Eichen-Rotkappe Orange Oak Bolete. Cap 6–15cm, chestnut to date-brown, fibrillose scaly, becoming smooth and more rusty, margin overhanging the pores. Stem 110–180 x 20–35mm, pale brown to buff at apex with whitish scales becoming pale brown, stem whitish to buff towards base with whitish scales becoming rusty or purplish date, darkening on handling. Flesh white to cream rapidly pink or vinaceous in cap, more grey in the stem sometimes with a slight green flush in the base. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes white to pale buff becoming vinaceous or cigar-brown. Pores small, similarly coloured. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 12–15 x 3.5–5um. Habitat with oak. Season late summer to autumn. Rare. Edible. Found In Europe.