Hollow Bolete

Boletinus cavipes – Edible

Larch stands, forests, parks (only under larches). Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 6—10 cm across, sometimes larger, bluntly conical, flattened, with an umbo, matt, dry, rough - fibrous-scaly, chestnut, reddish-brown in colour. Tubes short (0.5-1 cm), greenish-yellow, decurrent down the stem. Pores large, arranged radially, labyrinth-like. Stem 4-5x 1-2 cm, slightly thickening towards the base, sometimes tapering, with a small greyish ring, the colour of the cap. Flesh pale yellow, tough, without a particular smell or taste, not changing colour. Characteristic features: tubes short, pores labyrinth-like, large, flesh not changing colour. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together in forests and parks - only under larches, in August-October. Edible, very rare. Protected