Peppery Bolete
Chalciporus piperatus
Family: Boletaceae
Also called: Peppery Bolete, Hot-Tasting Bolete
Overview
Small cinnamon-orange bolete with peppery taste, parasitizing Amanita muscaria mycelium. Used as a spice in tiny amounts; not a table mushroom.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycoparasitic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct
Season
Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Host trees & substrate
- Decaying oak wood and forest litter
- Decaying beech wood and forest litter
- Decaying maple wood and forest litter
Where it grows
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