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Ascot Hat
Edible 
Autumn 
Summer 
The family name, Hortiboletus, refers to the latin hortus meaning garden where the bubalinus can often be found growing with Poplar, Populus or Lime, Tilia.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Ascot Hat (EN), Poplar Bolete |
| Scientific Name | Boletus / Hortiboletus bubalinus |
| Synonyms | Boletus bubalinus, Xerocomus bubalinus, Xerocomellus bubalinus |
| Season Start | Jul |
| Season End | Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 10 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 12 |
Cap
Pale brown with slight red or yellow hues, lighter towards the edge. Starts of rounded but becoming flatter and more uneven with age.
Pores
Yellow to pale yellow sometimes with olivaceous hints. Angular not round and bruising blue/green.
Stem
Fairly thin for a Bolete, pale background covered in vertical red ‘fibres’.
Flesh
Off white/yellow in the stem. White in the cap staining pink under the cuticle and blue above the pores.
Habitat
Often in parks, gardens and urban environments under lime or poplar.
Possible Confusion
Other Boletes but none of the poisonous varieties.
Spore Print
Olive brown. Subfusiform.
Taste / Smell
Mild.
Frequency
Not reported much before 2000 but becoming more common or more often reported.
Other Facts
Was Boletus bubalinus then becoming Xerocomus then Xerocomellus before, for now anyway, settling with Hortiboletus.
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