| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| bubble |
new season CEPSgot my first 4 CEPS today[sorry no pics;I ate them!!!]left about 6 or 8 insitu for tomorrow. |
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| PeteS |
Can do a bit better than that  I got 7 summer Ceps (Boletus aestivals), two Bay Boletes, a few Ceps (very small) and the king of them all a perfect Dark Cep (Boletus aereus).
From left to right - Summer Cep, Dark Cep & Cep. 
In my view the Dark Cep blows the common Cep clean away. There were more coming too. However I also found this: 
if you find this don't eat it! I haven't found a Summer Cep since 2006! |
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| Treacodactyl |
There's loads of Boletes (not easily identifiable ones) around here in front gardens all of a sudden and what looks like a perfect cep in someone's front lawn. If we have time we'll try and go for a forage. | ||
| cab |
Pete... That bottoms boletus there... What species? | ||
| PeteS |
Hello Cab,
I posted this (plus a few more pictures of the mushroom cut and at different angles) on an 'expert' fungi forum. The conclusion was, and I agree, that this is the false Satans Bolete, Boletus rubrosanguineus or Boletus legaliae, formally Boletus satanoides. Now, if you really want a challenge what is this? 
Found with beach. Hint, it feels really heavy. It was described by an expert as a 'sensational' find. PS - found some more Ceps today as well as another Dark Cep. It's looking good for Boletes this year. Lets hope it continues! Oh, also got 1.5kg of Fairy Rings! |
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| bubble |
Peter the one you call Summer Cep looks very like Tylopilus felleus the bitter bolete. | ||
| jp |
You are right about there being loads of Boletes around at the moment. At work there are dozens of these popping up everywhere:
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I'm pretty sure they are Boletus luridus - the red net on the stem seems to be the distinctive feature. Phillips says they are edible providing they are cooked, but may cause upset stomachs - has anyone tried them? if so, are they worth collecting? By the way Pete, I think Bubble may be right, the first of your Boletes looks very much like Tylipilus felleus- one sure way to find out though  . The rest look interesting finds though 
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| PeteS |
I know that it looks like a Bitter Bolete but it certainly isn't - I thought that at first. I have now eaten the whole thing and it was fantastic. This would be impossible to do with a Bitter Bolete! |
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| PeteS |
I have eaten B. luridus but I would not do it again as I don't think it's worth the risk. Especially since there are so many Ceps about. And no, it's not a Bitter. I always nibble ALL 'Ceps' before I put them in my basket. And anyway I have now eaten the thing (plus the rest I found) - it/they were lovely. |
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| bubble |
Tylopilus felleus.Compare this to Peters picture of 'summer bolete'.on top of this page taking note of cap colour pores colour pinking and dark reticulations.
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| bubble |
T. felleus
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| bubble |
T. felleus
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| jp |
Interesting pictures Bubble. I find loads of these when hunting Ceps in the NewForest - in fact far more Bitter Boletes than Ceps  . Some grow very big indeed. The stem & pores are the give away (not to mention the taste)! Still have not quite sussed the places that Ceps grow though.....
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| PeteS |
When mature the Summer Ceps (Boletus aestivalis) also has a brown reticulation (or network) on the stem. The cap colour is also paler than the Cep (B. edulis). The proof is in the taste. Here is a good picture of B. aestivalis:
http://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figura:BoletusAestivalis.jpg So far this season I have only found 6 T. felleus. For me Ceps (of all types) are out numbering this by at least 10 to 1. Well, more than that. I have picked getting on for 90 'Ceps' This is in contract to 2008 and 2007 when T. felleus seemed to be everywhere!
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| bubble |
Peter that looks like a picture of B.aestivalis as most of us know it; It does not look like the pic of the 'summer cep' .When someone says that a mushroom is so and so you should respect it and try to come maybe to terms with it.Dont forget that many folk who know a lot less than us look and rely on this website .Some eminent national experts have chosen and left this site ages ago because of this attitude.The summer cep that you proudly showed was a Tylopilus felleus . | ||
| PeteS |
Sorry Bubble but in this case you are wrong. For a start the pores did NOT show any pink. Moreover I tasted and eat the example in this picture (a long with the others). It tasted like B.aestivalis (like B. edulis but milder) It did not taste BITTER. In fact as you know Tylopilus felleus is so bitter that it's impossible to eat. I don't give a dam who these eminent national 'experts' are - a Bitter bolete tastes bitter! If you are suggesting that I am lying then you have a problem with your attitude - get over it and move on. |
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| PeteS |
PS - an expert on another forum (one of Europe's best) has just identified this as Boletus reticulatus/aestivalis. If you want the link I can post it here. However, he thinks that the middle specimen is Boletus pinophilus. I think he could be correct. | ||
| Stewy |
I take it these are both B.edulis?
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| jp |
I really must be looking in the wrong places in the Forest - I'm finding Bitter Boletes aplenty & some Ceps. Clearly I need to re-think where to look.... 
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| PeteS |
Hello Stewy,
Yes, these look like nice examples of B. Edulis (the Cep) that we know and love. How did they taste? Were they bitter
Today, when out with the dog in the Ne Forest, I found 8 Dark Ceps - Boletus aereus, although a couple might be B. pinophilus. I have only ever found the odd Dark Cep and never found B. pinophilus but they are difficult to tell apart. Both of these are supposed to be rare, but I left just as many and some had been recently knocked over, probably by visitors out in the Forest at the weekend. I only found one true Cep, a couple of Bitter Boletes and various other edible mushrooms. Still, not bad but things are drying up here and we need more rain! As for my Summer Cep I posted a picture on the fungi forum of Wild About Britain. There are some serious experts on here (some of the best in Europe) and here is the result: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/fungi-forums/58956-boletus.html This guy, Andreas, is convinced it's Boletus reticulatus/aestivalis - i.e. the Summer Cep. Now Andreas is what you could call an eminent national expert (well eminent expert as he is German). He is a professional mycologist, written dozens of scientific papers on fungi, and at least one book. He's well respected on this forum and others. If he says it's Boletus reticulatus/aestivalis then that's good enough for me. |
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| bingo |
I think Pete would know if he ate the bitter bolete. |