6 days from the life of the Leccinum versipelle

Leccinum versipelle - A brick-orange hat, orange-brown to yellow-brown; it is dull, slightly chamois, slightly protruding from the edge of the skin (especially in young fruiting bodies); reaches 40-150 (200) mm in diameter; at a young age it is convex, then cushiony.

Tubes pale gray to olive-gray, cut at the stem, 7-30 mm long.

The pores from youth are grayish with an olive tinge, with age becoming gray to yellowish-gray.

Stem white or light gray with black scales, which brown with age; reaches 80-220 high and 20-70 mm thick; narrows upwards.

White flesh, at the intersection discolored pink-violet, then blackens, in the base of the stipe discoloration in bluish green, the abraded surface of the base of the stern also turns discolored; the taste is slight, pleasant, no smell.

Occurrence: grows in the company of birches; fruiting bodies can be found from June to October; is the most frequently occurring goat, eagerly picked up and used by mushroom pickers.

Value: Good edible fungus.

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