Habitat
This species is found on soil in open woodland areas and parkland, typically growing alongside oak or beech trees. It favors chalky soils and can be found appearing individually or in small clusters. It is more prevalent in southern regions compared to Northern Europe.
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Appearance
- Cap
- Measuring 8 to 20 cm wide, it begins hemispherical before flattening. The surface is initially pale white to greyish-yellow, often developing large cracks and becoming smooth or slightly downy. The margin may visibly overhang the tubes.
- Stem
- Measuring 5 to 13 cm tall, it is stout and swollen in the lower half, often tapering sharply at the base into a rooting structure. It is pale yellow and typically features a netted pattern that darkens with age, sometimes with scattered red spots.
- Tubes
- Bright lemon yellow, becoming blue when bruised. They are attached to the stem or nearly free.
- Pores
- Small and circular, sharing the same lemon-yellow color as the tubes and bruising blue.
- Flesh
- Firm and pale yellow to white, though often reddish-brown at the very base of the stem. It turns blue quickly when sliced.
- Spore print
- Olive-green to dark brown.
- Other features
- The mushroom has a very bitter or sour taste and a strong, spicy or indefinite odor.
Sporecast is better in the app
Plan ahead with 10-day forecasts, see what people are finding nearby, get photo IDs, and track your finds.
Edibility
This mushroom has a very bitter to sour taste and a strong or spicy odor. Consuming it may lead to severe gastrointestinal issues. It can be confused with the rare, edible Iodine Bolete (Boletus impolitus).
Misidentification can be fatal. Never eat a mushroom unless you're 100% sure. This information may be inaccurate. Always consult multiple sources.
Nutrient Source
EctomycorrhizalIt forms a symbiotic relationship with tree roots, exchanging nutrients with the tree in a mutually beneficial way.
Common Names
- Basque
- onddo zuri-mingots
- Catalan
- mataparent
- Danish
- Rod-rørhat
- Dutch
- Wortelende boleet
- English
- Rooting Bolete
- Finnish
- juurtotatti
- French
- Bolet radicant
- German
- Wurzelnder Bitterröhrling
- Norwegian Bokmål
- rotrørsopp
- Spanish
- boleto blancuzco
- Swedish
- rotsopp
- Welsh
- Cap Tyllog Gwreiddiog
Synonyms
- Boletus albidus
- Boletus albidus
- Boletus amarus
- Boletus auricomus
- Boletus candicans
- Boletus pachypus
- Boletus radicans
- Boletus radicans — Rooting Bolete
- Boletus sanguineipes
- Boletus vitellinus
- Dictyopus albidus
- Dictyopus amarus
- Dictyopus pachypus
- Suillus amarus
- Suillus pachypus
- Suillus radicans
- Tubiporus pachypus
- Versipellis radicans
- Xerocomus radicans