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Leccinum duriusculum (Family: Bolbitiaceae) |
 
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Common name: Poplar Boletus  |
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| Size: |
20 - 150 mm |
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Dingy brown (Sordid) |
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Light to dark brown |
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| Smell / taste: |
Mushroomy |
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| Fruiting season: |
winter |
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| General info: |
| Whitish when very young, becoming donkey brown. Margin overhangs tubes when older. Edible and very tasty. |
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Pileus (Cap) / Gill info: |
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Tubes fine, closely packed, almost solid to the touch, Buff. Spore print snuff brown. Flesh thick and firm. White, tinged blue-green on stem. |
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Stem info: |
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30mm-200 mm long x 5-35mm. Thickens slightly towards base in many specimens. Solid and tough. White, with clear greyish reticulations. often tinged verdigris along the lower part of the stem deepening to almost peacock at the base |
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| Habitat: |
Grows in woods |
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| Among grass under poplars, especially the deciduous Populus canescens. |
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