{"id":95929,"date":"2024-08-21T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=95929"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:04:39","slug":"aspen-bolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2024\/08\/21\/aspen-bolete\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen bolete (Leccinium albostipitatum) Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Aspen Bolete \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Edible\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-95929 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2024\/08\/21\/aspen-bolete\/small-aspen-bolete-kora27-cc-by-sa-4-0\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x211.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Aspen Bolete small\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-107065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-900x632.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-107065'>\n\t\t\t\tKora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2024\/08\/21\/aspen-bolete\/aspen-bolete-single-jerzy-opiola-cc-by-sa-4-0\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"larger aspen bolete\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-107066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-107066'>\n\t\t\t\terzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2024\/08\/21\/aspen-bolete\/aspen-bolete-2-together-leccinum_aurantiacum-jpg-archenzoderivative-work-ak-ccm-cc-by-sa-3-0\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0-248x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"two aspen bolete mushrooms together\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-107067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-107067'>\n\t\t\t\tArchenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Aspen Bolete is really quite a rare find for me and I&#8217;ve mainly included it here because it&#8217;s the one thing you could possibly confuse for the <a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/25\/identify-orange-birch-boletes\/\">Orange Birch Bolete<\/a>, and although not an issue in anyway (you could quite happily pick it thinking it&#8217;s the orange birch bolete and process\/eat in the same way with no issues).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always nice to know what you&#8217;ve found.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if, like me, you have a mushroom-foraging hit list of things you want to see in your lifetime.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leccinium albostipitatum<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leccinium<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Habitat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Leccinum are ectomycorrhizal and most are specific to one tree species. The Aspen bolete grows with populus species especially Aspen-Populus tremula.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather rare species to find<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identifying Features of the Aspen Bolete<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tall polypore fungi with a bright orange cap, could be mistaken for an orange birch bolete but with a lighter stem.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107065\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107065\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen Bolete small\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0-900x632.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/small-aspen-bolete-Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kora27-CC-BY-SA-4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cap:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terracotta orange 5-10 cm convex and remaining so into maturity. The cap can flake and overhangs the pores.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107066\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107066\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"larger aspen bolete\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-single-Jerzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">erzy-Opiola-CC-BY-SA-4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Stem:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White to cream with floccules, this is a feature of the Leccinium genus. Floccules are small raised areas on the stem, on the aspen bolete they can be white or a dark grey . The stem is very long 7-20 cm tall, often longer than the cap is wide and also very firm. On young specimens the stem is as wide as the cap. The long stem can taper slightly towards the cap and can curve slightly at the base.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107067\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107067\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"two aspen bolete mushrooms together\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aspen-bolete-2-together-Leccinum_aurantiacum.JPG-Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archenzoderivative-work-Ak-ccm-CC-BY-SA-3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Flesh\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white, staining black when cut or exposed to air. The texture is very firm, making it resistant to bugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Underside (fertile)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a polypore fungi- 100s of Pores (tiny holes) on the underside of the cap which are off white in colour, and small.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Spores:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olivaceous brown<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Uses for the Aspen Bolete<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>In food<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recommend these be cooked for 15 to 20 minutes, as there are reports of people experiencing upset tummies if not cooked well.\u00a0 They also dry well so they can be used dehydrated in stews or powders to make mushroom sauces and stocks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Harvesting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they are quite rare we would suggest only collecting if you see multiple.Best harvested when young for taste and texture, the perfect size is if it can fit in the palm of your hand. but If you have a mushroom which is older but still good, you may want to discard the pores and tubes layer which peels away very easily, as the pores in particular can be soggy when older. You can simply peel them off and leave them in the woods. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Known hazards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are reports of people experiencing upset tummies with this mushroom likely due to not being cooked properly. Certainly do not eat raw, and cook for 15-20 mins as mentioned above. As a precaution and something that should be exercised with all new fungi, try a little first to make sure you don&#8217;t experience reactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Potential lookalikes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No toxic look-a-likes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/25\/identify-orange-birch-boletes\/\">Orange birch Bolete<\/a> which as the name suggests also likes to grow with birch is very similar but with an orange brown coloured cap and darker spots on the stem. A great edible but has to be well cooked also.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29356\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/11\/25\/identify-orange-birch-boletes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29356\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Orange_Birch_Bolete_Leccinum_versipelle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1560005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Birch Bolete\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Orange_Birch_Bolete_Leccinum_versipelle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1560005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Orange_Birch_Bolete_Leccinum_versipelle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1560005-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Orange_Birch_Bolete_Leccinum_versipelle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1560005.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange Birch Bolete &#8211; John Fielding\u00a0\/\u00a0Orange Birch Bolete (Leccinum versipelle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leccinum aurantiacum is also very similar and likes to grow with Populus and oaks. Can be used interchangeably\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Leccinum are edible, just the oranges one need to be well cooked.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhbs.com\/fungi-of-temperate-europe-2-volume-set-book?bkfno=246570&amp;ca_id=1495&amp;adlocale=uk&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwoJa2BhBPEiwA0l0ImPNbuVhYm6JwvyXA7Kv5duRejGt0Ywpq9y5K1Q9TriwDRzcuYZipLRoCqtEQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fungi of temperate Europe vol 1<\/a> by Thomas Laessoe and Jen H. Peterson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen Bolete \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Edible\u00a0 The Aspen Bolete is really quite a rare find for me and I&#8217;ve mainly included it here because it&#8217;s the one thing you could possibly confuse for the Orange Birch Bolete, and although not an issue in anyway (you could quite happily&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":107067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1778,1780,85,114,88,1777],"tags":[2091,239,425,228,2034,238],"class_list":["post-95929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autumn","category-edible","category-foraging","category-mushroom-identification","category-mushrooms","category-summer","tag-aspen-bolete","tag-autumn","tag-bolete","tag-boletus","tag-edible-mushrooms","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95929"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137790,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95929\/revisions\/137790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}