The Fungi World (333) : Black Birch Bolete

The black birch bolete is (like his brother, the common birch bolete – see picture below) a typical deciduous forest fungus that grows nearly always in the neighbourhood of birches.

Those 2 species do not differ morphologically much, except for the fact that the cap colour is dark brown to blackish.

However, the black birch bolete is much more rare !

Dutch name : Zwarte berkenboleet
German name : Schwärzlicher Birkenpilz
Latin name : Leccinum melaneum
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