Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ BoletalesOrder
• └─ BoletaceaeFamily
• └─ BoletusGenus

Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).

Lifestylemycorrhiza

Conservation statusleast concern

Mycorrhizal with spruce, pine, beech and oak

⚠ Before you pickWild fungi may be taken in small quantities for your own use (§39(3) BNatSchG) — but not in nature reserves or national parks, on closed land or on farmland in use, and never for sale (§39(4)). In Bavaria this right is anchored in Art. 141(3) of the state constitution and is limited to locally customary amounts; the competent authority is the district nature-conservation authority (untere Naturschutzbehörde). Local signs and ordinances come first.

Species protection from BArtSchV Annex 1 and §2(1), retrieved 2026-10-15; Red List from Dämmrich et al. (2016) (BfN / Rote-Liste-Zentrum). Not legal advice — local rules and signage may be stricter. BArtSchV Annex 1 · Red List data

• choice mushroom
• edible mushroom

Excellent edible mushroom

• ▸ Brown cap, greasy when damp, paler margin
• ▸ Firm white flesh that never stains blue
• ▸ Young: white pores that turn olive-yellow with age
• ▸ Thick pale stem with a fine white network (reticulum)

The celebrated 'stone mushroom' of central Europe and one of the most sought-after edible fungi; its nutty flavour intensifies when dried.