Leccinum aurantiacum Orange-cap Boletus
Hunting for Goodyera repens (Creeping Ladies-tresses) which we found in large numbers, there were quite a few interesting fungi of which this was one. It was immediately identified by one of our group as the Orange-cap Bolete and turns out to be one of the edible and by reputation delicious species assuming the identification is correct.
The usual habitat for Leccinum aurantiacum is usually deciduous woodland but this was found in heather near Pinus species which, if this was North America would suggest the very similar Leccinum vulpina but not all mycologists accept that these taxa are separable.
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Culbin Forest, Scotland 27th July 2009
Added on 20th November 2014