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first-class mushroom. It is characterized by a hat with a diameter of up to 20 cm, initially whitish, then from light brown to dark brown, convex, mat, in the period of rainy weather and in late maturity it is sticky, smooth. Initially cream tubes, then greenish-yellowish, quickly turning olive green, length 1 …3 cm. Very fine pores, roundish, first white or cream, then the color of the tubes, olive greenish. Gray-white or gray-brownish body, initially bulbous, then club-shaped, narrower, at least on the upper part covered with a light brown or whitish mesh. The flesh has a pleasant taste and smell, white, initially firm, then spongy, reddish brown under the skin. Dark olive spore rash.
It grows in coniferous forests, under pine and spruce, singly or in groups, in deciduous forests under the birch, get, oak. Harvested from May to October.
Boletus edulis are sometimes confused – especially young specimens – with bitter bitterness (inedible or even poisonous) and poisonous boletus. When collecting red boletus or reticulated boletus, pay attention to the color of the flesh, tubes and shafts. Boletus purple or pink when broken, mostly pink, hat's reddish or brick-red color, or with a pink or yellow stem are poisonous.