Suede bolete

Description:

Young caps of Boletus subtomentosus are hemispherical and downy, becoming smooth and sometimes cracking as the fruiting bodies mature and revealing yellow flesh below the cuticle. When fully expanded, the brown or olive caps of the suede bolete range from 4 to 8 cm in diameter, often with irregular, somewhat wavy margins. The tubes and pores of the Suede Bolete are chrome yellow, darkening with age, and the tubes have adnate attachment to the stem. When bruised the pores usually turn blue, but the bruised area eventually becomes brownish. Stems are pale like the cap or slightly darker, sometimes slightly bulbous at the base and usually widens again towards the cap. Its cap-coloured flesh does not change colour significantly, or it flushes slightly reddish, when cut and exposed to air. The stem is typically 4 to 8cm long and between 1 and 2 cm in diameter.

Habitat:

This bolete occurs in most parts of Europe as well as in Asia and North America. The suede bolete has also been reported in Australia. This mycorrhizal mushroom is found singly or in small groups under broadleaf trees in parks and in mixed woodland, particularly in calcareous regions.

Notes:

Spotted in Nieuwe Rande Forest in rural area of Deventer, Holland.