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Hallucinogenic Deadly poisonous Edible when cooked
Boletus badius Boletus edulis Leccinum scabrum
Beneath spruce trees In open meadows Only under oak trees
Tubes with round pores Decurrent gills A smooth fertile underside
Orange Peel Fungus Scarlet Elfcup Red Bulgar
Being washed away by rain Blowing on the wind Being carried away by flies
Pseudoboletus parasiticus Nyctalis parasitica Nyctalis asterophora
Found mainly in early spring Mycorrhizal with elm trees Rarely infested by worms
Rusty brown spores Persistent stem rings Pink or grey gills
Adnate Decurrent Adnexed
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