╔══ Sightings from 24 August 20264 sightings
speciesCaloboletus calopus
locationKatzenstein
habitatConiferous and deciduous woodland esp. beech / oak
edibilityPoisonous
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Beige to olive cap
- │ ▸ Yellow pores
- │ ▸ Yellow to pink-red stipe with straw-coloured network
- │ ▸ When mature: ochre-brown stipe
- │ ▸ Stains blue when bruised or cut
└─ Extremely bitter taste; even small pieces can spoil an entire dish
speciesCaloboletus radicans
locationKatzenstein
habitatWarm deciduous and mixed woodland, parks, under oak, beech and linden
edibilityInedible — intensely bitter, considered mildly toxic
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Pale grey to buff-brown cap
- │ ▸ Lemon-yellow pores that stain blue rapidly when touched
- │ ▸ Thick yellow stem with a faint net, tapering into a rooting, often buried base
- │ ▸ Flesh turning blue on cutting; bitter taste
└─ Despite the bitter, inedible flesh, the large pale caps make it a striking find along warm woodland margins.
speciesRubroboletus rhodoxanthus
locationKatzenstein
habitatWarm, calcareous deciduous woodland, under oaks and beeches
edibilityPoisonous — do not eat
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Pale cream-grey cap with pinkish to rose shades, especially towards the margin
- │ ▸ Fine pores, yellow when young, soon blood-red
- │ ▸ Thick, bulbous stem with a fine pink-red network, yellow at the top
- │ ▸ Flesh turning blue on cutting, especially in the cap
└─ A striking red-pored bolete of warm, lime-rich forest. Like its close relative Satan's Bolete, it is toxic and should only be admired.
└─ formerly known as Boletus rhodoxanthus
speciesRubroboletus satanas
locationKatzenstein
habitatWarm limestone beech forest, under oaks and beeches
edibilityPoisonous / toxic — do not eat
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Pale grey to whitish cap, often with olive tinges
- │ ▸ Bright red pores and a red, bulbous stem with a red network pattern
- │ ▸ Flesh that turns bluish when cut or bruised
- │ ▸ Strong, unpleasant odour in older specimens
└─ A striking and unmistakable red-pored bolete, and one of the few that is toxic. Its bold colours — grey-white cap, blood-red pores and red stem — stand out clearly on the forest floor.