Orange Birch Bolete
Leccinum aurantiacum
Family: Boletaceae
Overview
Bright orange cap with a white scabered stem; cut flesh stains pink-grey-black. Under aspen, birch, and poplar across Europe, the boreal, and North America.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal
Host trees & substrate
- Local forest substrate
Key identification features
- Bright orange cap
- Black scabers on white stem
- Flesh stains pink then grey-black on cut
- Aspen / birch / poplar
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