Butter boletes

Butyriboletus spp.

mushroom

Boletes with yellow, firm flesh and a hazelnut taste on a cep base: butter bolete, the pink-capped royal bolete.

Origin

Forests of Europe

Season (United States)

July to October

Preparation

Always cooked. If you pick it yourself, have the mushroom checked by a pharmacist or a mycological society before eating it.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucansIn small amounts, not counted Ergothioneine

Did you know?

In Italy, the royal bolete is on the list of mushrooms sold fresh; its edibility is legendary.