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Boletus adnexa is an edible tubular mushroom of the Boletovye family, genus Butyribolet. Other names: maiden boletus, shortened, brown-yellow, reddish.
What the boletus adnexa look like
The hat is semicircular at first, then convex. Its diameter is from 7 to 20 cm, the thickness of the crumb is up to 4 cm. In young specimens, its surface is matt, velvety, pubescent, in old specimens it is naked, with longitudinal fibers. The color is yellowish brown, reddish brown, brownish brown.
The height of the leg is from 6 to 12 cm, the thickness is from 2 to 3 cm. The base is a pointed cone rooted in the soil. The form is cylindrical or club-shaped, on the surface of the mesh, which disappears with age. The color is yellow-lemon, reddish-brownish at the bottom, when pressed, the leg turns blue.
The pulp is dense, pleasantly smelling, yellow. Above the tubular layer - blue. At the base of the cap it is pinkish-brown or brownish.
The pores are small, rounded, golden-yellow in young mushrooms, golden-brown in mature ones; when pressed, they become greenish-bluish.
Spores are smooth, yellow, fusiform. The powder is brown with an olive tint.
Where do the boletus girls grow
Rare. Grows in areas with warm temperate climates, loves calcareous soils. It settles in mixed and deciduous forests, prefers the neighborhood of oak, hornbeam, beech, in mountainous areas it comes across next to fir. Grows in groups, bears fruit from June to October.
Is it possible to eat boletus adnexa
The edible mushroom belongs to the first category. Has a high taste.
False doubles
Semi-white mushroom. It is distinguished by a lighter cap, a dark base of the leg and the smell of iodine or carbolic acid. The surface of the cap is velvety, light brown silt clay-brown. The tubular spore-bearing layer does not change color when pressed. The leg thickened from top to bottom is up to 6-7 cm in diameter. At the base it is fleecy, the rest is rough. Closer to the hat, it is straw, below it is reddish. Semi-white is rare. It is thermophilic and grows mainly in the south of Russia. It settles on clay soils near deciduous trees: oak, hornbeam, beech. Conditionally edible, it has good taste, despite the pharmacy smell that disappears after boiling.
Boletus semi-adherent. It differs in the color of the pulp (it is white) and the growing conditions (it settles in spruce thickets). Treats edible.
Borovik Fechtner. An edible mushroom of the third category. It grows in Russia, the Caucasus, the Far East.It settles on calcareous soils next to deciduous trees. Fruiting from early summer to September. The cap is hemispherical, then becomes flattened. Size - from 5 to 15 cm in diameter. The color is pale brown or silvery white. The leg is thickened downward, reddish-brown, sometimes with a mesh pattern. Length - from 4 to 15 cm, thickness - from 2 to 6 cm. Eaten mainly in salted and canned form.
Boletus is beautiful. It is distinguished by a bright leg, the lower part of which is red, the upper part is yellow. The mushroom is inedible, with a bitter taste. Not found in Russia. Grows under conifers in western North America.
Rooted boletus. It is lighter than its relative, the surface of the cap is smooth, dry, pale yellow or whitish-grayish, sometimes with an olive tint. Its pulp is thicker than that of the adventitious, it turns blue at the break. The spore-bearing layer is yellow-lemon, with age - olive-yellow, blue. The stem is tuberous, in old age it is cylindrical, yellow closer to the cap, brownish-olive below, with a mesh on the surface, turns blue at the break. Has a bitter taste that cannot be destroyed by heat treatment. Not consumed, considered inedible.
Collection rules
Boletus adnexa can be found throughout the summer and in September. You can determine its location nearby by the following criteria:
- Fly agarics come across in the forest.
- On the way I came across an anthill, not far from which these mushrooms like to settle.
Use
Boletus adnexa can be prepared in any way. It is boiled, fried, stewed, pickled, dried. Pre-soaking and cooking in several waters is not required.
Conclusion
The boletus adnexa is quite rare and is considered a valuable find. Interesting from a gastronomic point of view due to its excellent taste, but it is important not to confuse it with similar inedible species.
