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** Edible
and good |
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Whitish, robust. Ready
for the pan without cooking. |
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Pileus |
The
cap is 5–15
cm in diameter, the surface is smooth,
leather-like and creamy
yellow when young. In age the cap is pale brown with flakes. The form is irregular, the
margin incurved when young, flattening with age. The flesh is thick, white to
yellow-white, turning lemon coloured when cooked. |
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Hymenophore |
The
pore layer is quite low with small tubes, surface seeming almost smooth. The colour is white, turning
yellowish when bruised. |
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Stipe |
The white stem is robust, smooth and
knobbly. Sometimes it grows in
clusters with stem bases fused, though mostly solitary. |
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Odour and taste |
The smell is attractive, mild,
disappearing with age. Mild flavour. |
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Habitat |
It is found in mossy conifereous woods,
especially together with fir trees. |
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NB. |
It can easily be mixed up with the
not-so-good Albatrellus
confluens, which
turns apricot coloured when fried or cooked. |
