July to November
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Check + cook
- Raw
- Do not eat raw
- Cooking
- Thorough cooking required, minimum time not established
- Review
- Certain identification required before any consumption
- Instruction
- Have the harvest checked. Do not eat it raw and cook it thoroughly. Identification against other orange Leccinum species must be certain.
A birch-associated Leccinum with an orange cap, overhanging margin, black scabers and flesh that reddens before turning grey or black when cut.
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Guide contents
Guide contents
Season
Indicative period: July to November.
Habitat
Birch stands, forest edges and mixed woodland where the presence of birch is certain.
Method
Check several visible features before retaining a species name.
Three features to check on the specimen.
Cap
Convex, orange to reddish tawny, with an overhanging margin.
Pores
Grey-white pores, later greyish to olive-brown, without bright yellow.
Stem and flesh
White to pale grey stem densely covered in black scabers, without a network. White flesh that reddens and then turns violet-grey to blackish when cut.
Examine the specimen in this order.
- Examine the underside and the stem all the way to its base.
- Compare the flesh reaction only on a section already needed for examination.
- Keep the host tree and habitat as supporting evidence.
Features incompatible with this species.
- Leccinum scabrum, with a brown cap and flesh that changes little.
- Leccinum aurantiacum, associated with other broadleaf trees.
- Leccinum vulpinum, associated with pines.
