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Boletus

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Boletus 

any of a number of tubular basidial mushrooms of the genus Boletus (Suillus). The best known are B. granulatus, which lacks a ring on the stem, and B. luteus and B. grevillei, which have rings. They are widespread in coniferous forests, growing in both summer and fall. Boletuses are usually stewed or fried, and frequently preserved (pickled).
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Although still rare, more commonly found versions of boletus mushrooms are the Yellow Cracked Boletus (Boletus subtomentosus) and Red Cracked Boletus (Boletus chrysenteron), which are both edible, and the Purple Boletus (Boletus rhodoxanthus), which is toxic.
On the trail of wild mushrooms by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
A few of my favorite, local, easy-to-identify, edible and delicious mushroom species include the wood hedge hog (Dentinum repandum), hen of the woods (Polypilus frondosus) often on old tree stumps and mature oak stands; sulphur shelf or chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) growing on stumps and trunks; Boletus pictus (under white pines); Suillus granulatus (usually under white pines); Boletus edulis (under conifers); and the coral mushrooms - Clavaria cinerea, under pines.
Rain brings along good mushrooming by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
A molecule derived from the amino acid glutamine, theanine is typically found in tea (infusions of Camellia sinensis) and also in the basidiomycete mushroom Boletus badius.
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