White Boletus (Leccinum percandidum)
Systematics:
- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Boletales
- Family: Boletaceae
- Genus: Leccinum (Obabok)
- Species: Leccinum percandidum (White Boletus)
or White aspen
Places of collection: White boletus (Leccinum percandidum) grows throughout the forest zone in moist pine forests with an admixture of spruce and other trees.
Description: White boletus (Leccinum percandidum) is a large mushroom with a fleshy cap (up to 25 cm in diameter) of white or grayish color. The lower surface is finely porous, white in a young mushroom, then turns gray-brown. The flesh is strong, at the base of the leg is usually blue-green in color, at the break it quickly turns blue to black. The leg is high, thickened downward, white with oblong white or brown scales.
Usage: White Boletus (Leccinum percandidum) is an edible mushroom of the second category. Harvested from mid-August to late September. They are eaten in the same way as red boletus. It is better to marinate young mushrooms, and large mature ones to fry or dry.
Photo of a mushroom White boletus from the recognition questions:
2017.09.15 Sergey 
2016.12.29 Alexey 
2018.12.15 Vitalij
