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Porcini 

Porchini Mushroom

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Fungi
Agaricomycetes
Boletales
Boletaceae
Boletus
B. edulis

Description

The Porcini mushroom, also known as Penny bun or Cep. As the Porcini matures it's cap can grow up to 30 centimeters in diameter. The cap is convex in shape and flattens as it matures. The reddish-brown cap darkens with age and fades to white along the cap margin. The stipe can grow from 8 to 25 centimeters tall and up to 7 centimeters in diameter. The stipe is club-shaped or bulging in the middle. The pores on the underside of the cap are 1 to 2 centimeters deep and whitish in colour turning greenish as it matures.


mushroom diagram
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Pores on Hymenium
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Stipe is bare
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Edibility: Choice
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Cap is convex
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Spore print is olive brown
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Hymenium is adnate
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Ecology is mycorrhizal
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