Phylum: Basidiomycota Family: Boletaceae
Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray
Brown Birch Bolete
A common fungus in association with Birch. An olive-brown cap sometimes with lilac tones, quite dark with age. Microscopy is required to identify closely related species. Very common in birch woodland and heaths
References:
Kibby (2011) British Boletes with keys to species
Overall (2017) Fungi: Mushroom & Toadstools of parks, gardens, heaths and woodlands
O'Reilly (2016) Fascinated by Fungi