Brown Birch Bolete in Zasavska: the week ahead

Leccinum scabrum

The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

Today

Brown Birch Bolete
Building

confidence 50%

Flush phase

  1. Quiet
  2. Starting
  3. Building
  4. Peak
  5. Fading

Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST

7 days

Index, day by day

Week's best 73on Tuesdayaverage 69by the weekend steady

Conditions are best on Tuesday.

  1. Today6618 Sept
  2. Sat6719 Sept
  3. Sun7020 Sept
  4. Mon7221 Sept
  5. Tue7322 Sept
  6. Wed7223 Sept
  7. Thu6324 Sept

Numbers are taken at the measurement point nearest the centre of the region — a real calculation at one place, not an average over the area.

Map

Where to look: brown birch bolete

A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

About the species. Edible when correctly identified and thoroughly cooked. Older specimens become soft and spongy and are often damaged by larvae, so young, firm fruitbodies are preferable.

Brown Birch Bolete in Zasavska: where to look

Brown Birch Bolete — botanical illustration

Brown Birch Bolete: the species in brief

How to tell it

A slender bolete with a grey-brown to brown cap and a pale stem covered in dark scab-like scales. The flesh may slowly turn grey after cutting.

Where it grows

Always associated with birch. It occurs in woodland, heaths, parks and along woodland rides wherever birch is established.

In the kitchen

Good fried, in soups or dried. Older pore layers are often removed because they become soft during cooking.

Nutrition

Low in calories with a modest amount of protein.

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What else is out here now

The other species in this region, by today's index.

Brown Birch Bolete in neighbouring regions

A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.