Hazel bolete

How to recognise it: hazel bolete

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   Grows under hornbeams

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   Wrinkled cap, cracked in dry weather

3. 3

   Flesh turns pink, then black

4. 4

   Stem with dark scales

Description

Cap

4–14 cm across, from ochre through various shades of brown to almost black; surface wrinkled, uneven, cracking into patches in dry weather.

Tubes and pores

Tubes long, whitish, then yellowish to olive; turn grey and black when pressed.

Stem

Whitish or yellowish, rough with brown to blackish scales; turns black where pressed.

Flesh

Whitish; when cut turns pink, then grey-violet, finally black.

Smell and taste

Taste and smell pleasant, mushroomy.

Where and when it grows

Warm, moist oak-hornbeam forests (oak-hornbeam, lime-hornbeam), always under hornbeams, less often hazel.

Most often with: hornbeam, hazel

Where are conditions good today?

Look-alikes: what it can be mistaken for

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  Brown birch bolete Edible low risk

  The brown birch bolete grows only under birches, has a smooth cap, and its flesh does not turn black. Edible.

In the kitchen

Like other scaber stalks: frying, stewing, soups, drying; darkens during cooking.

Protection and sale

• Species protection: the species is not protected.
• Sale: the species is on the list of mushrooms approved for sale (it may be sold only with a mushroom inspector’s certificate).

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