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Post by cisco on Jul 13, 2013 8:45:07 GMT -6
Found the first few king boletes. There were 2 in an early patch on Sunday. Today about 6 more, but only 1 worth trying to salvage. The mushroom maggots get them really fast in this warm weather.
There were also a few Amanita muscaria growing. Those are also the first I've seen this year.
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Post by mikeologist on Jul 21, 2013 12:05:36 GMT -6
Did you find these around conifer or hemlock? Just curious...
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Post by cisco on Jul 22, 2013 17:38:23 GMT -6
I found them in a mixed stand of white cedar and spruce. I've keyed the spruce out to species before, but I've forgotten which one it is. No hemlocks nearby at all.
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Post by aaron on Jul 28, 2013 19:45:45 GMT -6
I'm learning the sad truth about boletes. They expire very quickly. Last weekend I found a park with thousands of little bi-color bolete pins starting. I guess it was silly of me to believe I could come back this weekend to fill a bag or two with fully mature bi-colors. What I did find was not much had matured and most of what had was already rotten.
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Post by cisco on Jul 30, 2013 19:16:21 GMT -6
Bolete hunting gets better after the first hard frost. That seems to slow the bugs down and you can get some fairly big ones. This time of year, you're lucky to get maggot free buttons. In past summers, I've checked fruiting patches twice a day and still feel lucky if I can take home 10% of the buttons.
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omth
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Post by omth on Aug 5, 2013 20:20:22 GMT -6
 My first Kings! |
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Post by CP Dan on Sept 28, 2013 8:45:05 GMT -6
Anyone want to weigh in on this?  We are having a great debate on if it tastes acrid or bitter. I say bitter. Here is where we are If acrid, then boletus piperatus. ( I don't think the stem matches the description for this one) If bitter, then either boletus aereus or boletus edulis. Sent from my SCH-R970 using proboards |
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Post by ec rob on Sept 29, 2013 9:38:07 GMT -6
Could be tylopilus felleus?
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Post by deerslayer on Oct 1, 2013 12:00:58 GMT -6
I'm thinking any acrid or bitter taste would come from the Budweiser- just sayin".......... ;D
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Post by foragist on Oct 31, 2013 22:03:35 GMT -6
Looks and sounds like what they call a "bitter bolete". I've found and tasted them before. Same shape & color. Very bitter! Don't know the Latin name off hand. Maybe one of those you mentioned.
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Post by CP Dan on Nov 4, 2013 14:23:10 GMT -6
Forgot to follow up with this. We did finally decide that it was tylopilus felleus or as foragist called it, bitter bolete. I don't mind bitter things. I love a good IPA, but I was not about to sit down to a meal of these....
The budweiser was not mine. I won't touch the stuff. Leinenkugels, High Life, or a microbrew for me....
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