Xerocomellus chrysenteron —  Red cracking-bolete — Boletaceae

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Small to medium mushroom. Brown to blackish-brown cap, velvety or smooth, whitish bloom when young, sometimes bruising blue. Pallid small pores, often bruising blue. Stalk yellow beneath with reddish covering, yellow at base. Mycorrhizal.

Habitat: Solitary or small groups, coniferous forest, particularly Douglas-fir.

Scent: Pungent

Spores: Olive-brown

Season: Autumn to early Winter

Broad mushroom
Robin Hill Park

Small pale pores, bruising blue
Robin Hill Park

Cap broken into scaly fragments
Robin Hill Park

Cracked cap, tall stalk
Robin Hill Park