Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Boletales > Boletaceae.
The shaggy cap is found on decaying wood and sometimes on the ground.
The cap, up to 10 cm across is hemispherical then convex or slightly flattened.
It is red or pale brown with raised, reddish areas on it.
Initially discrete, each is a collection of tightly packed hairs.
Over time the fine hairs separate to give the scaly or shaggy appearance.
There are large scales around the margin.
The yellow or greenish-yellow underside has tubes opening as pores.
This is a thick layer and is usually exposed under the cap.
The tubes are shorter around the stem.
The yellow tubes turn blue when bruised.
Spore print is brown or olive-brown.
The stem, up to 15 cm high is cylindrical or club shaped.
The colour is variable – all pale, white with a pinkish tinge, brown or pink at the top.
It may have longitudinal striations.
J.F.
