Guide · Species sheets

The mushrooms, recognized from those who really go there.

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Porcini mushrooms

Common boletus

Boletus edulis Excellent edible (cooked) (Aug) Sep–Nov The classic. Hat hazelnut-brown, a little sticky when wet, with white hem as a young man; white lattice only at the top to the stem. Open the tab

Black porcini mushroom (bronzino)

Black porcini

Boletus aereus Excellent edible (cooked) Jun–Oct The darkest and (for many) the best. Hat very dark brown, almost black, bronze, often with lighter marbling. Open the tab

Pine bolete (red)

Pine bolete

Boletus pinophilus Excellent edible (cooked) May–June and Sep–Nov The mountain red. Hat brick-red / mahogany / wine, often lumpy; robust. Open the tab

Summer boletus (reticulated)

Summer porcini mushroom

Boletus reticulatus (= aestivalis) Excellent edible (cooked) May–Aug The first of the year. Hat clear, dry, often chapped “mosaic”; lattice on almost the entire stem. Open the tab

Chanterelles

Chanterelle (cockerel)

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius Excellent edible (cooked) Jun–Oct Whole yolk yellow. Under the hat it has no real gills but thick, forked folds which go down the stem; smell of apricot. Open the tab

Ova

Good Ovule (Royal Mushroom)

Good egg

Amanita caesarea Excellent edible (cooked) Jul–Oct The only Amanita that is collected. Hat smooth orange-red, yellow gills, stem and ring, sac white volva at the base. When young it is a white egg: it should always be cut lengthwise. Open the tab

Drum mallets

Drum mallet (bubbola)

Drum mallet

Macrolepiota procera Good edible (cooked, just the cap) Aug–Nov The umbrella of the forest. Hats off to parasol with brown scales on a light background and dark umbo in the center; tall stem, zebra, with sliding double ring. Open the tab