Bitter Bolete

Tylopilus felleus

Family: Boletaceae

Also called: Bitter Bolete, Gallbladder Bolete

Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus felleus)
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Overview

Porcini look-alike with pink pore surface at maturity and dark reticulation on the stipe. Intensely bitter — one cap will ruin a dish. Not poisonous but inedible.

Edibility
Toxic
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal
Typical peak
Sep–Oct

Season

Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.

Host trees & substrate

  • Mycorrhizal with oak
  • Mycorrhizal with beech
  • Mycorrhizal with hemlock

Where it grows

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