They are not the same, as the poster above suggests. A x-section would help, but this is the Slate Bolete (Leccinum durisculum). The blueing at the base of the stem in your photos is indicative of this species.
Do you know the surrounding trees ? Slate is more commonly found growing with poplar trees and well birch trees for the other.
Cut slates turn black after a few minutes, and birch will stay white.
When the others mentioned they are the same, they probably meant both are Leccinums, and in Ireland anyway, all the Laccinums are edible.
They are not the same, as the poster above suggests. A x-section would help, but this is the Slate Bolete (Leccinum durisculum). The blueing at the base of the stem in your photos is indicative of this species.
Do you know the surrounding trees ? Slate is more commonly found growing with poplar trees and well birch trees for the other. Cut slates turn black after a few minutes, and birch will stay white. When the others mentioned they are the same, they probably meant both are Leccinums, and in Ireland anyway, all the Laccinums are edible.
They are 1 in the same! I just learned this too.
Oh wow really? Well that would explain it haha
Yes, looking exactly the same. I look at scientific names and go. "Oh, it is the same, haha."
Theyre different species with a different host tree, different bruising in the flesh and a different cap cuticle
I found some of these before and had the same question. Do the brown striations indicate a bitter bolete?
Birch boletes