(28 votes, average: 4.11 out of 5)
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Peppery Bolete
Edible 
Autumn 
Summer 
The Peppery Bolete,Chalciporus piperatus.
This mushroom can be dried and ground and used as a pepper like condiment or eaten cooked by people who like hot chillies.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Peppery Bolete |
| Scientific Name | Boletus / Chalciporus piperatus |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 7 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 8 |
Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.
Cap
Cinnamon to brown, shiny even when dry and can crack with age.
Pores
Angular, cinnamon to brown pores.
Stem
Fairly thin for a Bolete, yellow to cinnamon coloured with hints of red and vertically striated. The stem is chrome yellow at the base but this can often be covered by earth.
Flesh
Yellow with a slight reddish flush in the cap, chrome yellow at the very base of the stem.
Habitat
With Birch or Pine and often found in association with Fly Agarics.
Possible Confusion
A small nibble on this Bolete will soon give its identity away due to its hot peppery taste.
Spore Print
Cinnamon. Subfusiform, ellipsoid.
Taste / Smell
Peppery and hot.
Frequency
Fairly common.
3 comments for Peppery Bolete
Delicious: I have no idea why some sources are negative about this mushroom: I find it exceptionally tasty: perfect to spice up a curry, or a cheese sarny.
started appearing this year [ in scotland ] around the base of some larch trees we planted ! i think that they look like peppery boletes but im not confident !!
The cinnamon coloured pores, bright chrome yellow mycelium at the base and finally, the peppery taste make this Bolete safe to identify.