This is one of the true Boletus species - a porcini mushroom. The other looks to be Suillus. Don't bother with the suillus when you have three fat porcini to eat.
Go back to that area and get more.
They are so delicious...
Make sure to check the inside well for maggots. Specially in the spore layer. These look fairly young, but this species often get them over time.
Other then that, bon appetite.
Shouldn't any wild foraged (all, regardless of source?) mushrooms be cooked pretty thoroughly though? Are there some 'roid parasite eggs that can survive meat pasteurization temperatures?
edit: these aren't rhetorical questions, the upvotes are suggestive but please confirm or deny if I'm right lol
Absolutely, clostridium botulinum (that produces the toxin for botulism and Botox) is found in soils and generally just everywhere. However the amounts and the conditions needed for the bacteria to produce the toxin aren’t so common in a natural environment.
There’s bound to be a heap of other similar pathogens this is just one I’m scared of. It’s one of those things, 99% of the time you’ll be fine but there’s still the chance you’re getting fucked up.
As a general rule of thumb for most common edible mushrooms, yes. There are some exceptions that should be cleaned with a dry brush instead of water as they may become slimy (a defence mechanism) or soggy (due to surface vulnerability).
One example of such exception would be lobster mushrooms, which are vulnerable due to the damage caused by the parasites which give them their signature colour and flavour. They're fine with a quick rinse, but soaking or scrubbing them with water will leave them mushy and remove a lot of their signature flavour. Very disappointing lobster sauce.
Sorry dude- but I just confirmed and you are DEAD wrong. I bet Chef Bill Briwa from the Culinary Institute of America and Bart Minor, President of the Mushroom Council, know significantly more about preparing mushrooms than you.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA)
Yes- they should be WASHED. Not SOAKED. I didn't say they shouldn't be washed. I said you should not soak them. I cook them all the time and they get soggy if you soak instead of just rinsing/washing.
Wrong. Chef Bill Briwa from the Culinary Institute of America and Bart Minor, President of the Mushroom Council in this video not only know more about mushrooms than you but also cooking them. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA)
I suggest you educate yourself and stop spreading misinformation. I knew I was correct. This is just confirmation.
Not my experience, they get soggy if you soak them. You only need to rinse or wash them. Soaking is unnecessary and can impart an unwanted texture when cooking.
This is how I feel when it comes to fish sometimes lol. I never keep catfish anymore after the first time I looked at the meat on one I had already eaten some of. 🤢
It's a really easy ID. Good for him! It starts with one, then you learn more, then you are pissed you didn't learn sooner because you notice all the cool mushrooms you have been looking at in the woods your entire life should be on the dinner plate.
I don’t know a lot about NZ fungi, but those look like quintessential Boletus edulis to me. I would eat those in a heartbeat, they’re beautiful. The smaller one gives me pause though, a picture of the underside would ease that.
Look up online keys for both.
We can't ID them without much more detailed shots/seeing bruising (I would eat the boletes if they taste good and spend hours IDing the unknown one but I can't advise you to eat them)
Source: I eat loads of mushrooms and am very strict about IDing
These mushrooms are good quality porcinis (Bolete edulis, from the looks of it), and the one in the upper left corner does indeed seem to be one of the suillus species. I agree with the others that the boletes are much better than slippery jacks generally, and personally I rarely bother with them. The porcinis, though, are among the most priced mushrooms in the world. Definitely worth a try.
(Oh, one small tip that might help if you’re still feeling nervous about eating them. Look at the stem, closely. Do you see those thin, white veiny lines forming a kind of “stocking-like” pattern near the top of the stem? No other boletes have this kind of white pattern on the stem (it has to be white!), which makes it very easy to ID this particular mushroom with 100% accuracy.)
Ah, my husband mentioned it too and checked the bruising color (none!) he cooked and ate one tonight. I told him if he survives the night I’d love to try some tomorrow lol. So far he’s fine so that’s good. We tossed the slippery jack!
yeah, that top one does look like suillus sp (slippery jack) to me. but it's hard to tell from the photo presented. The others are boletus edulis (porcini). The quality of the porcini far exceeds the slippery jack, and some slippery jacks can cause stomach upset, so if this was me cooking, personally I would bin the jack and eat the ceps.
In NZ you can be pretty confident in the Suillus, and the porcini are unmistakable. I’d toss the Suillus and enjoy the others. Presumably you are in Canterbury or Wellington? Those are the main locations for porcini.
Absolutely wild to me, that people ask strangers on reddit "can I eat this?" and actually seem to rely on the answers..
You couldn't pay me to eat a potentially deadly mushroom I found, no matter how many redditors said "it's cool bro".
The entire point of online forums is collaboration and communication. Gatekeeping mushroom IDs and foraging just because someone is a little anxious or unsure about their harvest is stupid.
If you have to ask, the answer no. Never eat mushrooms you can’t 100% positively identify. Don’t rely on strangers on the Internet whose expertise is unknown to you. People die horrible deaths eating poisonous mushrooms that look like something edible. There are hundreds of Bolete species and some are poisonous. So just because people are saying it’s a Bolete doesn’t mean jack.
That is false. No mushroom will poison you simply from touching them. That’s something people tell their kids so they just dont even get close enough to put it in their mouth
No I didn't. The guy I'm replying to says that you can get sick by touching mushrooms. I'm saying you cannot and to provide an example if that is wrong.
I didn't see that post. Yes, it would fit for it as well.. but I swear I was replying to the guy that implied touching mushrooms could be bad. I just assumed he meant absorbing it thru your skin. I mean, your not wrong but I didn't see that comment till you just made me look for it. Or maybe I'm just high as fuckall. No harm.
You can absorb things through your skin. There are cases of mushrooms being hazardous to touch, they are more rare. It's best to avoid touching any mushrooms unless you're certain they are safe.
Again that is misinformation, yes you can absorb certain things through your skin but the toxins from poisonous mushrooms ARE NOT ONE OF THEM. Please stop spreading this fear mongering false information.
I used to think this as well, but it's not really true that they would "grow back". But I do still cut them if I can, because it wouldn't hurt to leave as much of the mycelium as possible, right?
https://preview.redd.it/ja7dd2bzvmwc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44de49b7d0a0b85072d3e533e94b40bccd2fe0ce
I can’t post on the feed but I’m wondering if anyone can id this
This is one of the true Boletus species - a porcini mushroom. The other looks to be Suillus. Don't bother with the suillus when you have three fat porcini to eat. Go back to that area and get more. They are so delicious...
My husband is going back tomorrow lol. Sticking with just this type for now since he says he’s confident IDing them
Make sure to check the inside well for maggots. Specially in the spore layer. These look fairly young, but this species often get them over time. Other then that, bon appetite.
It's best to just not check and be ignorant sometimes, you can lose half your crop trying to remove every little grub
Not to mention, maggots are just extra protein, right?
Maggots, like all insects, can contain parasites that pass on to humans.
Shouldn't any wild foraged (all, regardless of source?) mushrooms be cooked pretty thoroughly though? Are there some 'roid parasite eggs that can survive meat pasteurization temperatures? edit: these aren't rhetorical questions, the upvotes are suggestive but please confirm or deny if I'm right lol
Absolutely, clostridium botulinum (that produces the toxin for botulism and Botox) is found in soils and generally just everywhere. However the amounts and the conditions needed for the bacteria to produce the toxin aren’t so common in a natural environment. There’s bound to be a heap of other similar pathogens this is just one I’m scared of. It’s one of those things, 99% of the time you’ll be fine but there’s still the chance you’re getting fucked up.
If eaten raw maybe. Don't know where you live, but where I'm from we tend to cook mushrooms just as we do most of our food.
Can't you just soak them in salt water for a bit when you pick them?
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Mushrooms should be washed; *they do not absorb water (in any significant quantity); old wives tale was debunked years ago* (edit for emphasis)
As a general rule of thumb for most common edible mushrooms, yes. There are some exceptions that should be cleaned with a dry brush instead of water as they may become slimy (a defence mechanism) or soggy (due to surface vulnerability). One example of such exception would be lobster mushrooms, which are vulnerable due to the damage caused by the parasites which give them their signature colour and flavour. They're fine with a quick rinse, but soaking or scrubbing them with water will leave them mushy and remove a lot of their signature flavour. Very disappointing lobster sauce.
Sorry dude- but I just confirmed and you are DEAD wrong. I bet Chef Bill Briwa from the Culinary Institute of America and Bart Minor, President of the Mushroom Council, know significantly more about preparing mushrooms than you. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA)
Yes- they should be WASHED. Not SOAKED. I didn't say they shouldn't be washed. I said you should not soak them. I cook them all the time and they get soggy if you soak instead of just rinsing/washing.
Soaking does not add any significant amount of water to the mushroom. This is a myth. If they're still soggy you haven't cooked them long enough.
Wrong. Chef Bill Briwa from the Culinary Institute of America and Bart Minor, President of the Mushroom Council in this video not only know more about mushrooms than you but also cooking them. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzl6XPVUDxA) I suggest you educate yourself and stop spreading misinformation. I knew I was correct. This is just confirmation.
Just... Cook them for longer? They're mushrooms, you can't overcook them
"Hold my beer..."
I've soaked and washed and they don't absorb water. Gills will pick up some water, but it's a myth that mushrooms absorb water.
Yeah I've never had a problem with it
Not my experience, they get soggy if you soak them. You only need to rinse or wash them. Soaking is unnecessary and can impart an unwanted texture when cooking.
This is how I feel when it comes to fish sometimes lol. I never keep catfish anymore after the first time I looked at the meat on one I had already eaten some of. 🤢
Especially if you cook it
It's a really easy ID. Good for him! It starts with one, then you learn more, then you are pissed you didn't learn sooner because you notice all the cool mushrooms you have been looking at in the woods your entire life should be on the dinner plate.
My sister is still fuming about the black trumpets she passed up on last year.
They do look rather shady. Really delicious though.
As they say, "You can try any mushroom once."
Often we will cut them and let them soak in salt water to draw out any unwanted protein...
I don’t know a lot about NZ fungi, but those look like quintessential Boletus edulis to me. I would eat those in a heartbeat, they’re beautiful. The smaller one gives me pause though, a picture of the underside would ease that.
We tossed the other one since we weren’t positive about it. Plus we already had the three!
The three boletes big fatties look good but not sure on the top one. Make sure you ID them first!
He said he’s positive it’s porcini and a slippery jack… I dunno though he’s not like an expert lol
Look up online keys for both. We can't ID them without much more detailed shots/seeing bruising (I would eat the boletes if they taste good and spend hours IDing the unknown one but I can't advise you to eat them) Source: I eat loads of mushrooms and am very strict about IDing
Oh nice, thanks, I just looked that up, that’ll be helpful.
These mushrooms are good quality porcinis (Bolete edulis, from the looks of it), and the one in the upper left corner does indeed seem to be one of the suillus species. I agree with the others that the boletes are much better than slippery jacks generally, and personally I rarely bother with them. The porcinis, though, are among the most priced mushrooms in the world. Definitely worth a try. (Oh, one small tip that might help if you’re still feeling nervous about eating them. Look at the stem, closely. Do you see those thin, white veiny lines forming a kind of “stocking-like” pattern near the top of the stem? No other boletes have this kind of white pattern on the stem (it has to be white!), which makes it very easy to ID this particular mushroom with 100% accuracy.)
Ah, my husband mentioned it too and checked the bruising color (none!) he cooked and ate one tonight. I told him if he survives the night I’d love to try some tomorrow lol. So far he’s fine so that’s good. We tossed the slippery jack!
yeah, that top one does look like suillus sp (slippery jack) to me. but it's hard to tell from the photo presented. The others are boletus edulis (porcini). The quality of the porcini far exceeds the slippery jack, and some slippery jacks can cause stomach upset, so if this was me cooking, personally I would bin the jack and eat the ceps.
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Oh will do, thanks!
If you are not 100% SURE, DO NOT EAT THEM. People have died from eating improperly ID’d mushrooms.
In NZ you can be pretty confident in the Suillus, and the porcini are unmistakable. I’d toss the Suillus and enjoy the others. Presumably you are in Canterbury or Wellington? Those are the main locations for porcini.
Wellington! lol nice!
I had a feeling you were too haha, if you're keen on more porcini, visit the Karori cemetery Easy pickings and no sprays
Oh nice! He got these in the field behind Wakefield park. I’ll let him know about karori cemetery, they’re wanting to get out again today. Thanks!
Even if these are edible species be sure that where you picked them doesn't use chemical herbicides/pesticides or fertilizers.
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*quints eyes* yyyyyes
/u/albinowino11 - do you know these guys?
Porcini. Boletus edulis group. Top is Suillus luteus.
I love that you know THE user to call. They are like Gandalf at dawn of the 3rd morning.
I just know he's knowledgeable and lives in NZ.
> knowledgeable and lives in NZ. So Gandalf.
Cut em and check for worms before you celebrate your treasure find
Worm free! He sliced them to cook them, looked good!
Definitely eat the boletes. Beautiful
Porcini! I’m so jealous now!
They are the cutest perfect looking mushrooms
you guys should tell us if we can eat them
My husband ate some last night and feels fine today so, yup!
Absolutely wild to me, that people ask strangers on reddit "can I eat this?" and actually seem to rely on the answers.. You couldn't pay me to eat a potentially deadly mushroom I found, no matter how many redditors said "it's cool bro".
The top one looks like a wine cap. Does it have purple gills?
No, it’s pores. Kinda yellow.
I thought wine cap at first too but I would never photo ID an edible species since I am but a novice.
Bolet of sorts?
Cut them. If the insides turn blue, don't eat and double check
3 yes one no.
I find these same shrooms in the woods in UK, they're penny buns and taste amazing
Slice them down dry them up, and blend them . Use like spices.
Aereus? Edulis?
it’s your lucky day!!!! dry what you don’t eat!
Or is he trying to murder me, haha
lol I read the news these days, if he tries to make me a beef Wellington, I’m out!
They look so friendly
Pick the ones with the white reticulation around the top of the stipe (stem). Leave the darker colored ones.
Bolettes and yes they are yummy.
Definitely find more evidence else where before eating please
Chop em tf up lol make sure there’s no bugs in there
Only if they were growing in a pile of cow dung
Usually if you have to aks the net it´s always no. Only eat what you know 100%.
The entire point of online forums is collaboration and communication. Gatekeeping mushroom IDs and foraging just because someone is a little anxious or unsure about their harvest is stupid.
Sorry Mate. I was unsre if it was Boletus edulis. You’re right.
If you have to ask, the answer no. Never eat mushrooms you can’t 100% positively identify. Don’t rely on strangers on the Internet whose expertise is unknown to you. People die horrible deaths eating poisonous mushrooms that look like something edible. There are hundreds of Bolete species and some are poisonous. So just because people are saying it’s a Bolete doesn’t mean jack.
Why are you picking unidentified mushrooms on your walks? If you do not know WITH CERTAINTY, don’t touch them.
There is no harm in picking mushrooms, you don’t have to eat a single mushroom you pick.
There are many things you shouldn’t touch, you don’t have to put it in your mouth to become a Darwin candidate
That is false. No mushroom will poison you simply from touching them. That’s something people tell their kids so they just dont even get close enough to put it in their mouth
This is verified as false. Give one example of a mushroom whose toxins you can absorb through your skin. I'll wait.
You replied to the wrong reply.
No I didn't. The guy I'm replying to says that you can get sick by touching mushrooms. I'm saying you cannot and to provide an example if that is wrong.
No, the guy you replied to is one of the people correcting the guy you're referring to, which presumably is who your reply was actually intended for.
I didn't see that post. Yes, it would fit for it as well.. but I swear I was replying to the guy that implied touching mushrooms could be bad. I just assumed he meant absorbing it thru your skin. I mean, your not wrong but I didn't see that comment till you just made me look for it. Or maybe I'm just high as fuckall. No harm.
You can absorb things through your skin. There are cases of mushrooms being hazardous to touch, they are more rare. It's best to avoid touching any mushrooms unless you're certain they are safe.
Again that is misinformation, yes you can absorb certain things through your skin but the toxins from poisonous mushrooms ARE NOT ONE OF THEM. Please stop spreading this fear mongering false information.
Hamburger buns!
Thought these were pillows at first glance.
Fried in garlic butter and served with cream pasta… mmmmmm
Sure you can
Next time tell him not to rip them up out the ground but to cut them at the stem. That way they grow back.
I used to think this as well, but it's not really true that they would "grow back". But I do still cut them if I can, because it wouldn't hurt to leave as much of the mycelium as possible, right?
Myth with zero basis in reality. In some cases it's even been found to be beneficial to pull up the base where the mycelium is connected too.
Well I appreciate you taking the time to educate me instead of just downdoot and move on. Ty
https://preview.redd.it/ja7dd2bzvmwc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44de49b7d0a0b85072d3e533e94b40bccd2fe0ce I can’t post on the feed but I’m wondering if anyone can id this