(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Pine Bolete
Edible 
Autumn 
Summer 
A great tasting mushroom that looks and tastes like the Penny Bun, the slight differences are the cap being red/brown instead of dark brown and the off white, slightly red stem.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Pine Bolete (EN), Cap Tyllog Pinwydd (CY), Borowik Sosnowy (PL), Vörösbarna Vargánya (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Boletus pinophilus |
| Season Start | Aug |
| Season End | Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 10-14 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 7-12 |
Cap
7-12 cm. White when very young turning dark grey/brown until becoming mainly red with maturity. It is usually more red than brown which can be the only way to differentiate it from the Penny Bun.
Pores
Has tiny white pores which will yellow with age.
Stem
10-14 cm long, 4-7 cm diameter. The stem can be tapering, parallel or barrel shaped but is always quite stout and is usually off white to slightly red/orange with white, mesh like reticulation.
Flesh
White, firm flesh.
Habitat
With pines but will grow with other coniferous trees. Mainly found in Scotland.
Possible Confusion
The Penny bun (Boletus edulis), pictured, or the Summer Bolete (Boletus reticulatus) both look very similar, the Pine Bolete has a more red cap than the dark brown of the Penny Bun or lighter grey/brown of the Summer Bolete.
Spore Print
Olive Brown. Ellipsoid.
Taste / Smell
Strong and mushroomy.
Frequency
Not common apart from in Scotland.
2 comments for Pine Bolete
Hi , could you please advise where to find guidance how to cook this mushrooms? does it require boiling in a water or could be strait a way fried for 10 minutes ?
Thanks
The Pine Bolete can be eaten raw although I don’t recommend eating wild mushrooms raw, so frying for a few minutes will be fine.