- Cap convex, orange to reddish-brown, smooth, sometimes finely scaly.
- Cap cuticle overhanging, i.e. extending a few mm beyond the cap margin.
- Tubes dirty white, somewhat darker grey-brown in younger specimens.
- Stem white, stout, with black scabers.
- Flesh white, soon reddening and then turning almost black.
Leccinoid boletes
Orange Birch Bolete
Leccinum versipelle
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with birch in deciduous and mixed forest throughout the Nordic region.
Notes
Should be cooked with at least 20 minutes of heating, as it can cause nausea when raw or insufficiently heat-treated.
Many scaber stalks darken in the flesh after contact with oxygen in the air. The colour change has no negative effect on taste or food value.
Many scaber stalks darken in the flesh after contact with oxygen in the air. The colour change has no negative effect on taste or food value.
Similar species
Many Leccinum species can look very similar. As an edible mushroom picker, you do not need to distinguish them all, since all are edible after cooking.
