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Foxy bolete
Leccinum vulpinum, the foxy bolete, is a red-brown bolete that grows with Scots pine. Sources describe it as edible, and advise careful identification because it has close relatives.
What it is
The foxy bolete has a cap of muted fox-red with a cocoa-brown tint, 30 to 90 mm across, which darkens to burnt sienna as it matures. Its stem is pale, 85 to 135 mm long, and covered in scales that darken from white to dark brown with age.
The species was first described from Scotland by Roy Watling in 1961. Its cap colour and conifer association separate it from the orange-capped Leccinum aurantiacum and L. testaceoscabrum complex.
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Habitat and distribution
It forms a mycorrhizal partnership with Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, and grows in dry upland pine woods. Recorded localities include Poland, Portugal, North Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as its Scottish type area.
Finnish guides describe it as common, especially in Lapland, and note that it grows with pine and bearberry.
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Cutting, eating and look-alikes
The flesh is white and usually stays unchanged when cut. When it does colour, the change is slow, first a pale pink or wine tint at the stem apex and later a blue-green at the base.
Sources call it edible, and at least one describes it as to be cooked before eating. Leccinum species are easy to confuse with other orange and scaber-stalked boletes, so identification needs care.
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Safety
This record is not a guide to identifying wild mushrooms. Confirm any identification with an expert before eating, and cook the fruit bodies thoroughly as the guides advise.
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Europe
Documented use · Region evidenceRegion-level record. The species is recorded across Europe, with Scotland as its type area.
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WikipediaIdentity · Habitat · History
Leccinum vulpinumCap and stem measurements; Scots pine association; Scottish type; distribution; slow flesh staining; edible
Cited in: What it is; Habitat and distribution; Cutting, eating and look-alikes
Out in the NatureIdentity · Safety · Habitat
How to identify edible boletes in FinlandCommon in Finland, especially Lapland; cook before eating; pine and bearberry habitat
Cited in: Habitat and distribution; Cutting, eating and look-alikes; Safety