Boletus satanas_9

Description:

Boletus satanasDevil's bolete, Satan's mushroom Slo.: vraji gobanDate: Sept. 26. 2009Lat.: 46.38381 Long.: 13.78532Code: Bot_384/2009-4484Habitat: Open mixed wood with lot of ground vegetation, predominantly Picea abies, in shade, calcareous ground, protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 820 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soilPlace: Zadnjica valley, lower Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment #1: bruising blue, blue-green, but slowly and not very deep.Comment #2: Experts on MO disagree with this determination and propose Boletus rhodoxanthus (Krombholz) Kallenbach or Boletus rubrosanguineus (Walty) ex Cheype. See discussion in Mushroom Observer observation no. 26351 mushroomobserver.org/26351?q=127NE .Ref.:G. Pace, Vse o gobah (in Slovene), Mladinska Knjiga (1997), p261J.Grom, Nae gobe (in Slovene), epna Knjiga, (1981), p33