Hazel Bolete (Leccinum griseum)

Leccinum griseum

Deciduous forests, under hornbeams, hazels, oaks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 5-10 cm, rarely 15 cm across, matt, wrinkled, sometimes cracked, dirty greyish-brown, greenish-blackish-brown. Tubes greyish, pores whitish. Stem 5-15x1—3 cm, white, covered with whitish-brown fibrils, spotted blue or green at the base. Flesh white, becoming violet-brownish-black when cut. Characteristic features: stem white, brown-fibrous. Grows in deciduous and mixed forests with hornbeam, singly or in small groups. Likes fertile, calcareous soil. Edible, uncommon. Protected.