– Cap convex, brown, smooth, sticky in damp weather.
– Tubes white, often with brown-spotted pore openings.
– Stem white, with dark brown to black scabers/floccules.
– Flesh remains unchanged white in cut surfaces.
Leccinoid boletes
Brown Birch Bolete
Leccinum scabrum
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with birch in deciduous and mixed forest throughout the Nordic countries.
Notes
Edible, but in older specimens the cap flesh often becomes soft and spongy in texture, and the stem can become woody. A tip is to use only younger, firmer specimens for cooking.
Similar species
There are several similar Leccinum species with a brown cap. Typical for this species is that the flesh remains unchanged white in cut surfaces and blue-green spots are absent.
