Boletin marsh (Boletinus paluster)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Boletales (Boletales)
- Family: Suillaceae
- Genus: Boletinus (Boletin)
- Type: Boletinus paluster (Marsh boletin)
- Marsh lattice
- Butter dish false
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Description:
Cap 5 – 10 cm in diameter, cushion-shaped, flat-convex, with a central tubercle, felt-scaly, dry, fleshy, very bright when young: burgundy, cherry or purple-red; in old age it turns pale, acquires a yellowish tint, becomes red-buff. On the edge of the cap, the remains of the bedspread are sometimes visible.
The tubular layer is first yellow, then yellowish-buff, turning brown, strongly descending to the stem; in young mushrooms it is covered with a dirty pink membranous veil. The openings of the tubules are radially elongated. The pores are wide, up to 4 mm in diameter.
Spore powder is pale brown.
Leg 4 – 7 cm long, 1 – 2 cm thick, slightly thickened at the base, sometimes with noticeable remnants of a ring, yellow above, reddish under the ring, lighter than the cap, solid.
The flesh is yellow, sometimes slightly blue. The taste is bitter. The smell of young mushrooms is inexpressive, the old ones are slightly unpleasant.
Spread:
Boletin marsh lives in larch forests and mixed forests with the presence of larch, in dry and humid places, in July – September. Widely distributed in Western and Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Far East. In the European part of Our Country, it is found in cultivated larch plantations.
The similarity:
Asian boletin (Boletinus asiaticus) has a similar appearance and coloration, is distinguished by a hollow leg and a more elegant structure.
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