Red-brown bolete against a log
Boletaceae Family
Angles captured. 4 frames of one subject.
Morphology
Cap 4–5 cm, dull brick to red-brown, dry, hemispherical and barely opened. Stipe pale buff, short and stout.
Habitat & substrate
Leaf litter at the base of a large fallen log.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Colour is close to TM0109 but far too little is shown to say whether it is the same species.
To confirm this identification
An underside and a cut section.
Notes
Split out of the violet entry TM0083, where it did not belong.
Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 10:13. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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Dark chestnut boleteBoletaceae · Aug 6Moderate
Wine-red boleteBoletaceae · Aug 6Moderate
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Red-capped bolete with yellow poresBoletaceae · Aug 8Moderate
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