Boletus fechtneri    Velen. 

common name(s) : Pale Bolete 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Boletales/Boletaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletoideae [ section:Appendiculati ]  

synonyms: Butyriboletus fechtneri, Boletus appendiculatus-pallescens 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Boletus appendiculatus-fechtneri, Boletus fechtnerii, Boletus pallescens)  

edibility : edible

potential confusions with  Boletus fechtneri toxicity of Boletus fechtneri genus Boletus  

It grows on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from June to September.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 11 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 6 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 40 mm (between 20 and 60 mm)

Distinctive features : silver grey cap; yellow pores; flesh with mild taste, turning faintly blue when exposed to air; yellow stem with carmin red zones; lemon yellow network

Boletus fechtneri is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Boletus fechtneri in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Boletus fechtneri in the forest of Rambouillet



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