Chalciporus piperatus

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Chalciporus piperatus
C. piperatus, September 2006
C. piperatus, September 2006
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Chalciporus
Species: C. piperatus
Binomial name
Chalciporus piperatus
(Bull.) Bataille (1908)
Chalciporus piperatus
mycological characteristics:
 
pores on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnate

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is brown

 

ecology is mycorrhizal

 

edibility: inedible


The Peppery bolete, Chalciporus (formerly Boletus) piperatus, is a small pored mushroom of the Boletaceae family found in mixed woodland in Europe.

Edible but very peppery, Antonio Carluccio recommends only using it to add a peppery flavour to other mushrooms. It has been used as a peppery condiment in many countries.[1]

[edit] Description

One of the smaller boletes, the cap is 3-6cm across and orange-fawn coloured. The pores are orange and the flesh lemon-yellow. The pore print is cinnamon.

[edit] Distribution and habitat

Found naturally in coniferous and beech and oak woodland in Europe in autumn, Chalciporus piperatus has also been able to spread into native forest in northeastern Tasmania, having been found growing with the native Myrtle beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii). [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Carluccio A (2003). The Complete Mushroom Book. Quadrille. ISBN 978-1-84400-040-1. 
  2. ^ Fuhrer B & Robinson R (1992). Rainforest Fungi of Tasmania and Southeast Australia. CSIRO Press. ISBN 978-0-643-05311-3. 
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