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Grzybiarz is a mobile app for mushroom foragers. Its on-device AI helps you spot fruiting bodies in the leaf litter and suggests a species from a photo, and the app keeps a private map of your finds. Everything runs on your phone and works fully offline in the forest without signal.

Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum

edible

Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum

Photo: (c) Judith, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Habitat

under birches

mixed forest

wetlands

Season

from June to October

Season

Out of seasonOut of season. It usually grows from mid-July to mid-October.

Today · 22–28 Octout of season

how often reportedpeak

Season

Jun–Oct

Peak

Aug–Sep

Reports

247from Poland

Curve from 247 observations (iNaturalist, Poland), smoothed week by week. It shows when foragers most often report the species, not how much of it grows.

Species description

Characteristic mushroom of birch woods. Recognisable by its grey-brown, barrel-shaped stipe with dark scales. Tasty, but softens quickly after collection.

Recognition features

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Cap grey-brown to olive

White stipe covered with dark scales

Long, whitish-grey tubes

Exclusively under birch

Toxic look-alikesSpecies most often confused with this one.

Red-capped Scaber StalkLeccinum aurantiacum

edible

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