Red Cracking Bolete

Xcerocomus chrysenteron – Edible

Deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests, parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3—8 cm across. Surface velvety, greenish-greyish-brown, usually cracked and fissured, with red flesh showing in the cracks and fissures. Stem 3-7 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, yellowish, red or streaked pinkish in the lower part, sometimes all over. Characteristic features: flesh slowly turns blue when broken or cut, with a pleasant smell and taste. Grows singly. Likes the company of oak and hazel. Edible, not rare. Used fresh or dried.