Scarletina Bolete - Boletus luridiformis
Cap 10 to 20 cm. A mid brown very solid fungus, initially hemispherical and slightly velvety, later slightly convex with a kid-leather texture. It has a yellowish stem but this is densely covered in red spots often giving it an overall red appearance. The pores are bright red, showing strong blueing when bruised. Flesh is lemon yellow flushing rapidly and strongly blue-black.
On the ground in broad-leaved woodland on acid soils.”
Peak time is September and October.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Occasional in suitable habitats in Charnwood but unlikely in the east.
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
15 September 2011
Graham Calow
Foot of Croft Hill
12 August 2019
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Foot of Croft Hill
12 August 2019
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Boletales
- Family:
- Boletaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 15/09/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 29/09/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
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