Orange birch bolete

Leccinum spp.

mushroom

A bolete with a bright orange cap and a stem bristling with tufts, highly prized in Russia, where it is dried and pickled; its flesh blackens when cooked.

Origin

Aspen and birch forests of northern and eastern Europe

Season (United States)

July to October

Preparation

Always well cooked: undercooked, it upsets the stomach. 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 Russian it is called podosinovik, “the one that grows under the aspen”.