Boletus pseudoregius (Heinr. Huber) Estadès |
The cap is pink-brown to tawny-red, fleshy, hemispherical, then convex and eventually flattened. The cap surface is dry, matt to downy or felty. The stem is yellow, with a reddish base, and covered with a yellow-white network mostly visible on the stem's apex. The flesh is yellow to reddish (stem base), turning blue moderately in cap when exposed to air; its taste is mild; the odour is faint, of fruit; The tubes are short, bright yellow to olive-yellow, turning blue intensely when exposed to air. The pores are bright yellow with reddish shades, small, turning to blue intensely when pressed. The spore print is olive-brown. It grows in deciduous woods, on a rather calcareous soil, with oaks, chestnut trees. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Distinctive features : pink-brown to tawny-red cap; yellow stem, reddish close to base; yellow-white network on stem, mostly visible on the upper part; tubes and pores yellow, turning blue intensely when pressed Boletus pseudoregius is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking . | ||
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