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BOLETES - Produce spores on the underside from spongy tube-like structures, however they are not all named 'Boletus'. Unless I have been looking up
out-of-date classifications then we have Leccinum and Suillus as well, and even stranger the Paxillus, which don't even have pores but gills like Agarics.
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EXPLANATION FOR COMMON TOADSTOOL AND FUNGI NAME

Suillus bovinus [Cow Bolete] : Name supposedly from medieval knights who thought the fungi only suitable to be fed to cattle drovers rather than themselves

boletus badius
tayside toadstools
boletus chrysenteron

BOLETUS BADIUS

[Bay Bolete]

BOLETUS CALOPUS

BOLETUS CHRYSENTERON

[Red-Cracked Boletus]

boletus edulis

BOLETUS EDULIS

[Penny Bun or Cep]

boletus erythropus

BOLETUS ERYTHROPUS

[Dotted Stem Bolete]

boletus erythropus

BOLETUS PIPERATUS

[Peppery Bolete]

boletus porosporus
lec aurant br19.JPG
leccinum scabrum

BOLETUS POROSPORUS

[Sepia Bolete]

LECCINUM AURANTIACUM

[Orange Birch Bolete]

LECCINUM SCABRUM

[Brown Birch Bolete]

paxillus atrotomentosus
paxillus involutus
sui bov br19.JPG

PAXILLUS ATROTOMENTOSUS

[Velvet Roll-Rim]

PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS

[Brown Roll-Rim]

SUILLUS BOVINUS [Cow Bolete]

Decurrent pore structure aids identification

suillus grevillei
suillus luteus 2018.JPG
suillus bovinus.JPG

SUILLUS GREVILLEI

[Larch Bolete]

SUILLUS LUTEUS

[Slippery Jack]

SUILLUS VARIEGATUS [Velvet Bolete]

Maules Wood, Brechin [R]

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