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Boletus pseudoregiusPhoto: Alan HillsBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Large fruit body with brownish-red cap, more pinkish-red with age; bright yellow pores, yellow and pinkish-red stem, all parts blueing; solitary or scattered on warm open sites with oak.Dimensions: Cap 5-14cm dia; stem 3.5-9cm tall x 1-4cm dia. Cap: At first brownish-red, becoming more pinkish-red with age, often more brownish at the centre; at first hemispherical then convex, strongly appendiculate margin, dry, tomentose. Flesh pale yellow, sky-blue on cutting. Pores: At first bright yellow, blue-green immediately on bruising. Tubes concolorous, blue on cutting. Stem: Chrome-yellow at the apex, more pinkish below, dull straw at the base; flesh with reddish-brown tinge at the base; cylindrical or somewhat bulbous. |
Spores: Pallid straw colour, smooth, ellipsoid, 10.5-14.5 x 5.0-6.5 µm. Basidia 2-3 spored; cheilocystidia plentiful, fusiform to lageniform; pleurocystidia similar but sparse. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Tests: Greenish-yellow with ferrous sulphate. Occurrence: Summer to very early Autumn. . |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.4: very rare (less than 5 sites) with evidence of ongoing threat |
| Justification: formerly submerged within B. regius, there is need for continuing BAP action that has been applied previously to B. regius |
| Threats: habitat destruction (particularly in the New Forest by clearance of trees from around old marl pits); trampling, compaction, biking, eutrophication, overgrowth |
| Action Required: site protection and monitoring against habitat loss and degradation; taxonomic research; liaison with site managers |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 37 |
| Earliest recording: 1782 | |
| Latest recording: 2006 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 7(3); 8(1); 10(1); 11(7); 12(1); 14(1); 16(1); 17(1); 22(8); 25(2); 33(1); 36(9); 38(1); | |
| Pre-1960: 1 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 36 records |
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