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Chalciporus

Notes

Ectomycorrhizal, one indigenous species under beech, one exotic species under pines.
The genus is characterised by the pores often having reddish colours, and the base of the stipe with bright yellow mycelium. The cap is viscid. Spore print cinnamon to flesh-brown.

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 Chalciporus aurantiacus  
 Chalciporus piperatus