Dark scaly bolete
Boletaceae Family
Angles captured. Three frames from above and the side.
Morphology
Cap 6–8 cm, dark grey-brown, the surface coarsely roughened or shaggy rather than smooth. Paler flesh shows at a break in the cap. Stipe stout, dark, roughened.
Habitat & substrate
Leaf litter under hardwood.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
A coarsely shaggy dark cap on a roughened stipe is unusual enough to be worth returning to. The texture is the diagnostic feature and it is clearly visible here.
To confirm this identification
Whether the cut flesh reddens then blackens — that sequence would settle it.
Notes
The most distinctive-looking bolete of the walk.
Found at Massasoit Rd area, Worcester, MA on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 18:39. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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Dark chestnut boleteBoletaceae · Aug 6Moderate
Wine-red boleteBoletaceae · Aug 6Moderate
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Red-capped bolete with yellow poresBoletaceae · Aug 8Moderate
Yellow-brown boleteBoletaceae · Aug 8Low–moderate