bolete?

[fydesvindico]

hey guys,

I've never hunted for boletes before, but i've found a whole bunch of these growing under melaleucas at my local park while taking the dog for a walk.

are they boletes? can I eat them? they smell good... kind of like a cooked meal.. maybe chicken? haha waiting on a print as we speak.

[karode13]

I have a feeling this is a Tylopilus sp. They look similar to ones found be me before.

The pores look immature so I don't think you'll get a spore print. Tylopilus typically have Pink gills in maturity.

Another identifiable feature of Tylopilus used in the field is that they taste very bitter. The safe way to taste mushrooms is to take a small portion, like a 5cent piece worth, put in on your tongue and squash it against the top of your mouth to release juices. You should be able to taste the mushroom now after moving over the tongue and around the mouth. If it's a Tylopilus you'll spit it out straight away, they're that bitter.

Once you get a taste of the mushroom, you spit out the material chewed and any saliva build up. You can then use water to gargle and spit out to further clean your mouth of any taste or residue.

This is a safe way to taste mushrooms. Many mushrooms can be identified by taste and smell. Always good to get this information.

[fydesvindico]

Cheers for the reply! Yep deffs Tylopilus sp. pretty bitter considering the nice smell. Got a print off an older specimen that did show some pinkish shades in the pores, print came back pinky brown, so deffs Tylopilus. Thanks for ya help :-)

[karode13]

You're welcome. Hope it wasn't too bitter.

[mutant]

Tylopilus or some Leccinum