Brown Birch Bolete in Noord-Brabant: 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 48%

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 53on Saturdayaverage 51by the weekend steady

Conditions are best on Saturday.

  1. Today5218 Sept
  2. Sat5319 Sept
  3. Sun5220 Sept
  4. Mon5221 Sept
  5. Tue5122 Sept
  6. Wed5023 Sept
  7. Thu4824 Sept

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 Noord-Brabant: 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.