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Leccinum aurantiacum (Bull.) Gray
1 photos.
A common species known as the "red-capped scaber stalk", "red-cap
Boletus" and "orange birch bolita" it
is found in mycorrhizal association with Populus (aspen), Betula (birch),
and Salix (willow)
as well as beech and oak. This species has pores rather than gills.
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 1. August 16, 2006. Roadside specimen in profile view. Note the "scabs" on the stalk which give rise to one of the common names. |
 2. August 16, 2006. Top view of the specimen in photo 1. |
 3. August 16, 2006. Profile view of the specimen in photo 1 after removal from the decomposed granite. |
 4. August 16, 2006. Low-angle view of the specimen in photos 1-3 showing the pores.. |
 5. August 17, 2006. Another detached specimen taken to show the pores. |
All photos taken at 9.5 mile
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