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Peppery Bolete
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Peppery Bolete
This mushroom can be dried and ground and used as a pepper like condiment or eaten cooked by people who like hot chillies.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Peppery Bolete (EN), Cap Tyllog Poeth (CY), Maślaczek Pieprzowy (PL), Borsos Tinóru (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Boletus / Chalciporus piperatus |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 6-9 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 5-8 |
Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.
Cap
5-8 cm. Cinnamon to brown, shiny even when dry and can crack with age.
Pores
Angular, cinnamon to brown pores. Unchanging when bruised.
Stem
6-9 cm long, 0.5-2 cm diameter. Fairly thin for a Bolete, yellow to cinnamon coloured with hints of red and vertically striated. The stem is chrome yellow at the base but this can often be covered by earth.
Flesh
Yellow with a slight reddish flush in the cap, chrome yellow at the very base of the stem.
Habitat
With Birch or Pine and often found in association with where Fly Agarics grow.
Possible Confusion
A small nibble on this Bolete will soon give its identity away due to its hot peppery taste.
Spore Print
Cinnamon. Subfusiform, ellipsoid.
Taste / Smell
Peppery and hot.
Frequency
Fairly common.
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