Bronze Bolete

Boletus aereus

Oak woods, forests with oak. Summer, less often autumn.

Fruiting bodies large, fleshy. Cap grows up to 30 cm across. In Lithuania found only up to 13 cm across; dark blackish-brown, dark brown, bronze, matt. Tubes greyish, up to 3 cm long. Stem up to 12 cm long and 5 cm thick, slightly paler than the cap, with a network. Flesh white, not changing colour when cut, with a pleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: cap dark brown with a bronze tinge, the stem paler. Tasty. Very rare. Equal in value to the Porcini. Grows in deciduous forests, likes calcareous oak woods. Protected.