@marianomariano 30 May 2022

They are already here! - First May boletus - Boletus erythropus They are already here! They are already here! King of mushrooms, or boletus. It is true that so far only Boletus erythropus, but also these are appreciated by mushroom gourmets. For me, it is one of the tastiest edible mushrooms. I especially love their texture, because despite the long-term heat treatment, they remain firm, hard and fleshy. Although they appear almost regularly every year around the second half of May, when I see them, I am like a child, as if I have never seen them with my eyes. This beautiful, massive mushroom has a cap up to 20 cm in diameter. The color of the hat in most specimens is dark brown, brick-brown with an olive tinge. The surface of the hat is dull, dry. In a young fruiting body, the cap has a spherical shape, with age the cap opens and becomes cushion-like, becoming almost flat in old age, even slightly curled. Tubes, or hymenophore, are the hallmarks of this mushroom. There is a reason why it is called brick pores, but it only takes on this color when it is mature. In young fruiting bodies, the hymenophore tubes are yellowish-olive, then the color changes to orange, and when the fungus matures, they change color to brick red, the hymenophore changes color, darkens and becomes bluish during mechanical damage or pressure. more... https://hive.blog/hive-166168/@marianomariano/fungi-friday-first-may-boletus