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| synonyms: Cèpe réticulé, Sommer-Steinpilz |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Choice |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige |
| normal size: over 15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| spore colour: Olivaceous |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Boletus aestivalis Fr. syn. B. reticulatus Boud. Sommer-Steinpilz Cèpe réticulé Cap 7–20cm, pale straw-colour to pale snuff-brown, dry, soon becoming rough and cracking into small scales, particularly at centre. Stem 60–150 x 20–50mm, robust, covered in a dense white network. Flesh white throughout, sometimes with slight yellowish tinges. Smell and taste strong but pleasant. Tubes white then greenish-yellow. Pores small, round, similarly coloured. Spore print olivaceous snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 13–15 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat with beech and oak. Season early summer to autumn. Rare. Edible – excellent. Distribution, Europe. |
Mushroom Recipes |
| Baked Cep Stuffed with Haggis |
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 25 August 2010
Rezerwat przyrody Dolina K³odawy.Kleszczewo Poland
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Branislav Uzelac (Yugoslavia) - 17 March 2009
photo by Ivica Tonchev from Serbia
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 05 February 2009
Hungarian name, Nyári vargánya
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 08 December 2008
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 08 December 2008
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