Wildlife Spotting

Have a look at this.It should interest you. http://www.abfg.org/bap/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=410

Please have a look at these keys to Leccinum.Not forgetting these are European. http://www.entoloma.nl/html/leccinum_eng.html

This is certainly leccinum.Birch Bolete has taken many turns over the years as mycologists have become better.It has many shapes and color forms.When I first started to have an interest in fungi in England it was Boletus Scabrum.Then many names and several species over the years,but now I think it's back to one species.There is only one way to tell for sure and thats by looking at the spores with a microscope.In the field cutting in half is a good way to tell one bolete from another as many change color.NEVER eat if you dont know.Habitat can also be a factor,if in deep shade the cap can be very dark but in the open very pale,but of course under or near Betula species.

Why are you unconvinced that it is a Leccinum?

Leccinum species. Looks like L. scabrum to me the Birch Bolete, but I don't know the genus well. One way or another it looks tasty - read up on the Bolete edibility rules and if it passes I'd fry it up! http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=293998