Porcini (Boletus edulis) Mushroom?

[dickymint]

At £60 a Kilo I hope so

[dickymint]

Obviously I spelt Porcini wrong - should have gone for Cep

[MyM2006]

Are you asking if it is a Cep/Penny Bun?

I'm not an expert but to me it looks more like a Birch Boletus, from memory the Cep doesn't usually have the black marks on the stem and the cap is a bit browner, more orange. Same family, edible, not as tasty.

[Big Al.]

dickymint said:

Obviously I spelt Porcini wrong - should have gone for Cep

Sorted

[Mobile Chicane]

That's a brown birch bolete. Found - funnily enough - near birch.

Edible, but not great. They dry ok though.

[Jambo85]

Agreed - brown birch bolete. among other differences the real deal has a much more bulbous stem, they look like champagne corks when small.

[dickymint]

Many thanks all (and another thank to Big Al for correcting my speeling - take it you know your mushrooms? ).

Found them within 200 yards of my local pub and showed them to the chef who said "look like Ceps to me". Then about half hour later and after reading your replies the head barman a good friend of mine confirmed they are indeed Brown Birch Bolete (never new there was a difference myself).

Any how they'll be fried in olive oil and butter tomorrow and I've readied the dehydrator (Wifey bought this a couple of years ago and used once!!! ) as I think I know where there is loads more.

[Mobile Chicane]

dickymint said:

Found them within 200 yards of my local pub and showed them to the chef who said "look like Ceps to me".

That's a bit concerning. I wouldn't be ordering any mushroom dishes from that place.

[Big Al.]

dickymint said:

Many thanks all (and another thank to Big Al for correcting my speeling - take it you know your mushrooms? ).

I know a few, I have a similar question at Boletus fungi, found some huge ones (150 -200mm) growing in the garden. These were well over the top as far as picking were concerned, did break one in half before binning no blue staining. Wish I'd have spotted them earlier I could have posted a decent picture on here.

[Big Al.]

If they were Boletus edulis then IMHO ideally, they would be about the same size as a large flat mushroom you'd buy at the supermarket. But any size is OK as long as it isn't ridden with insects.

[dickymint]

Whatever they were they were stonking

[otolith]

Boletes are pretty safe as mushrooms go. While there are some in the UK that are inedible, there's only one that will make you ill, it's rare, it's easily identified, and while the symptoms are unpleasant it's unlikely to kill you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas

[dickymint]

otolith said:

Boletes are pretty safe as mushrooms go. While there are some in the UK that are inedible, there's only one that will make you ill, it's rare, it's easily identified, and while the symptoms are unpleasant it's unlikely to kill you.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thu...

[Big Al.]

otolith said:

Boletes are pretty safe as mushrooms go. While there are some in the UK that are inedible, there's only one that will make you ill, it's rare, it's easily identified, and while the symptoms are unpleasant it's unlikely to kill you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas

Works for me!

Check your link.

[otolith]

I pasted in the wrong link, and then quickly edited it.

[Big Al.]

All is revealed.

[Jambo85]

anonymous said:

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Avoid everything you can’t 100% positively identify, which, even for seasoned foragers, is most mushrooms!

[otolith]

Personally I avoid anything which could reasonably be mistaken for something dangerous.

[Jambo85]

The real deal springing up in NE Scotland now - some absolute crackers found today, along with some chanterelles:

[Hanglow]

Yeah they are really popping here. I filled my boot yesterday with boletes, mainly penny buns and pine boletes. Filled dehydrator and after cooking had 2kg of duxelles and 1kg of plain dry fried mushrooms. Chanterelles seem to have disappeared from my usual patches but I have seen some more popping up elsewhere.