Chestnut Bolete

Gyroporus castaneus

Sandy coniferous and deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized, rarely large, fleshy. Cap 5-10 cm across, matt, reddish-brown, chestnut-coloured, yellowish-brown. Tubes and pores white, later yellowish. Stem 5—8x1—3 cm, without a network, almost the colour of the cap. Flesh white, firm, with a pleasant smell and taste, not changing colour when cut. Characteristic features: firm, chestnut-coloured fruiting bodies. Grows singly or 2-3 fruiting bodies together in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests, likes the company of oak. In Lithuania it is more common in sandy pine forests, in lighter places. Edible, excellent, but uncommon.