Boletellus emodensis, "Shaggy Top Bolete", probably mycorrhizal, is a common forest fungus here as well as a number of other countries. Cap to 100 mm, covered with thick, pale brownish, felty scales, revealing a reddish cap colour underneath. The pores are often covered by a membrane which breaks open, revealing yellow pores which turn dark blue-green-grey on ageing and bruising, as does the interior flesh. Stem central, robust (150x20 mm), brownish, often with reddish tones, fibrillose, sometimes twisted, with no ring. NB: Variable, and easily confused with related species mainly only distinguishable microscopically. Baldry Crossing, Green's Bush, 2010.