kingdom fungi – My Botanical Garden

I have to admit it, when the first rains after late spring heat come I become a bit nervous.There is a typical smell in the forest behind my home and it means mushrooms !I have to check my places in the woods as soon as possible.Which per se still isn’t enough ,for one needs also a bit of luck to find a mushroom.And you have to look around really carefully.But it pays off,it is true happiness when you carry home a mushroom or two.Those, the first ones in the season , are worth twice more. Especially as this time I was lucky enough to find penny buns-four of them!How have they ended? In simple carpaccio-on a plate you have to arrange tiny slices of raw penny buns, sprinkle them with the best olive oil you can get and top with some pepper and fleur de sel-voila! You only need some bread (ciappata ) and a bottle of good vine and that’s all your friends would ask for!

Prized as an ingredient in various foods, B. edulis is an edible mushroom held in high regard in many cuisines, and is commonly prepared and eaten in soups, pasta, orrisotto. The mushroom is low in fat and digestible carbohydrates, and high in protein,vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre. Although it is sold commercially, it has not been successfully grown in cultivation.from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis

Boletus edulis

In a forest near Rambouillet, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Boletus
Species:	B. edulis
Binomial name
*Boletus edulis* Bull. (1782)
Synonyms^[1]
Ceriomyces crassus Battarra (1775) Boletus solidus Sowerby (1809) Leccinum edule (Bull.) Gray (1821) Dictyopus edulis (Bull.) Forq. (1890)

Boletus edulis
Mycological characteristics
	pores on hymenium
	cap is convex
	hymenium is adnate
	stipe is bare
	spore print is brown
	ecology is mycorrhizal
	edibility: choicefrom:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis