The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·124085SpeciesFungi8,660 field observations
  1. Fungi Including Lichens
  2. ›Basidiomycete Fungi
  3. ›Higher Basidiomycetes
  4. ›Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies
  5. ›Agaricomycetidae
  6. ›boletes and allies
  7. ›boletes
  8. ›Leccinoideae
  9. ›Leccinum
  10. ›Leccinum
Red-capped Scaber Stalk
Plate 1 of 6. (c) Federico Calledda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Federico Calledda · via iNaturalist

Red-capped Scaber Stalk

Leccinum aurantiacum

Leccinum aurantiacum is a species of fungus in the genus Leccinum found in forests of Europe, North America, and Asia and has a large, characteristically red-capped fruiting body. In North America, it is sometimes referred to by the common name red-capped scaber stalk. Some uncertainties exist regarding the taxonomic classification of this species in Europe and North America. It is considered edible.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Leccinum aurantiacum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124085.