Birch Bolete

Leccinum scabrum

Family: Boletaceae

Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum)
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Overview

Brown-capped bolete strictly under birch, with a scaly black-dotted white stem. Across European, Nordic, Russian, and northern North American birch woods. Edible — soft and best dried.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

Key identification features

  • Brown cap, soft
  • White stem with rough black scabers
  • White pores aging dingy grey
  • Strictly under birch

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