COMMON NAME: White Birch Bolete, White Bog Bolete.

CAP: (3-10 cm) wide, acutely convex, becoming broadly convex to nearly flat; surface smooth or nearly so, often sticky when moist or in age, predominantly white or whitish when young, occasionally with gray, buff, tan, or pinkish tints, often darkening with age and developing a greenish tinge; flesh white, staining pinkish when cut or rubbed or scarcely staining at all, occasionally brownish; odor and taste not distinctive.

PORE SURFACE: whitish to slightly grayish or pale dingy brown, not blueing when cut or bruised, sometimes staining yellowish or brownish; pores circular, 2-3 per mm.

STALK: (8-14 cm) long, (1-2 cm) thick, equal or enlarging slightly downward, solid, whitish beneath scabers that are whitish when young and darken to tan or darker in age, not reticulate, occasionally with greenish stains on the lower portion; partial veil and ring absent.

SPORE PRINT: brown.

MICROSCOPIC FEATURES: spores 14-20 x 5-6.5 μm, subfusoid, smooth, pale brown.

FRUITING: solitary to scattered on the ground in and around bogs, cedar swamps, or wet birch woods; August-October; fairly common.

EDIBILITY: edible.

From Mushrooms of Northeastern North America Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, & David W. Fischer  Copright © 1997 Syracuse University, ISBN 0-8156-0388-6