Edibility: Good Eating notes: Slice thinly before drying ( as with most large mushrooms) Preserving: Can be dried. Description Cap: 8-20cm orange slightly flety or scaley. Can has a slight overhanging margin Stem: Off white and tall with small balck scales Tubes: pale grey to ochre. Adnex Pores: Grey to ochre Spores: Walnut brown Flesh: White and firm. Slowly turns wine coloured and eventually black on cutting. Habitat: On the ground with Birch trees Frequency: Common