Sunday 26 August 2018

Find a Penny


Spotted this on a walk through Tottington Wood the other morning: A Penny Bun Boletus edulis, unless I'm very much mistaken.
  • Reddish-brown cap
  • White flesh which is unchanging when cut or bruised
  • Whitish pore surface 
  • Tubes come away easily from the flesh of the cap
  • Faint net pattern ('reticulum') on the stem
I left it for the slugs to enjoy.

The rain had brought out a few different things, including this rather attractive grey mushroom sprouting from a decaying log.


It had the clean white gills of a Pluteus.


Tempting to call this one Willow Shield Pluteus salicinus

For the record
Date: 19 August 2018
Location: Tottington Wood, Small Dole
Grid reference: TQ2112

B. edulis record entered into FRDBI 07/09/2018

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