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Beautifully colored boletus or beautifully colored boletus (Boletus pulchrotinctus, Rubroboletus pulchrotinctus) - a mushroom from the Suillellus genus, Boletovye family, belongs to the conditionally edible category. It is rare, listed as an endangered species in the Red Book of Crimea. Fruiting in autumn.
Mushroom with an unusual pink color
What beautifully colored boletus look like
Fruit bodies change shape, the color during the growing season can be pale or bright pink with a yellow tint. In size, it is a large mushroom, it grows above 15 cm, the diameter of the cap is 13-15 cm.
The spore-bearing layer is very dense, dark yellow
The external characteristics of the beautifully colored bolt are as follows:
- At the beginning of growth, the cap is hemispherical, the edges are tightly pressed to the stem. Then it opens and becomes rounded with concave ends.
- The surface is dry, bumpy, at the beginning of growth, shallow, then smooth.
- The protective film is difficult to separate from the surface, even in old copies. The color is not monotonous, the central part is light beige with reddish areas. A bright pink color appears around the edge.
- The hymenophore is free tubular and dense with small cells, easily separated.
- The color is dark yellow with an olive tint, oxidizes when damaged or pressed, turns blue.
- The pulp is dense, firm, creamy or light yellow in color, quickly oxidized on the cut, becomes light blue, especially near the tubular layer.
- Leg - up to 3.5 cm wide, length - 12 cm and above. At the beginning of growth, it is short, rather thick, then stretches out.
- The shape is club-shaped, rounded in the central part, tapering upwards and thin at the base.
- The color of the wide part is dark pink, near the mycelium and cap it is dark beige.
- The structure is dense, solid, the surface is 2/3 of the ground covered with a fine mesh.
Where beautifully colored boletus grow
Beautifully colored boletus is very rare, thermophilic. The main distribution area is the Crimean peninsula and the Mediterranean. Grows in mountainous areas on calcified and siliceous soils. Forms a symbiosis with oak or beech. Fruiting begins in July until late autumn. Grows more often singly, rarely meet groups of 3-5 specimens.
Is it possible to eat beautifully colored boletus
Conditionally edible mushroom with low nutritional value. Toxic in its raw state. Can only be used after prolonged hot working. Boletus is a beautifully colored rare, unfamiliar species, due to toxic substances in its composition, unpopular among mushroom pickers.
False doubles
The outward resemblance between the beautifully colored boletus and Fechtner's boletus is an edible mushroom.
A common species, is in demand among mushroom pickers
They differ in the color of the cap, in the double it is silvery or light brown, a pink tint only on the leg. The species is distributed throughout the European part, the Far East, the North Caucasus. Fruiting in autumn, abundant. When cut, the flesh turns slightly blue.
Pink-skinned boletus is an inedible poisonous species. Their distribution area and fruiting time are the same.
Damaged pulp turns blue when exposed to air
At the beginning of the growing season, the boletus are similar, then the color of the cap darkens and becomes closer to light brown with dark pink fragments along the edge. The stem is dark red with lemon patches near the cap. The main difference between the poisonous twin is the dark red spore-bearing layer. The pulp also turns blue when broken, it has no smell or there is a subtle fruity-sour aroma.
Collection rules
Harvested from mid-July in mixed and deciduous areas, undergrowth, in open sunny areas, abundant fruiting. Boletus is located among low grass on a litter of dead leaves near beech trees. Overripe specimens are not taken, they are not collected in places with poor ecology.
Use
Fruit bodies are used only after 40 minutes. boiling. Then the mushrooms are salted, fried or pickled. The beautifully colored boletus is stored frozen for a long time. The mushroom is not suitable for preparing first courses and drying; with this method of processing, gastronomic qualities are low.
Conclusion
Beautifully colored boletus is a rare species with a low nutritional value, it is included in the conditionally edible group. The heat-loving mushroom is found only in southern latitudes, grows in symbiosis with beech species. In cooking, it is used only after heat treatment; there are toxic compounds in the raw fruit body.
