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Gyroporus castaneus I know this is a bad picture.... but I&#039;ve been hunting for these mushrooms many years, and this was the first time I ever found them. I got so excited, my hands were shaking! <br /> and yes, they are everything I thought they would be. they taste sublime! Chestnut bolete,Fall,Geotagged,Gyroporus castaneus,Israel Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Gyroporus castaneus

I know this is a bad picture.... but I've been hunting for these mushrooms many years, and this was the first time I ever found them. I got so excited, my hands were shaking!
and yes, they are everything I thought they would be. they taste sublime!

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Congrats :) Posted 2 years ago
    1. View Yael Orgad's profile
      Yael Orgad
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      thank you :-) Posted 2 years ago
  3. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Nice find, congrats! Posted 2 years ago
    1. View Yael Orgad's profile
      Yael Orgad
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      thank you :-) Posted 2 years ago

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The Chestnut bolete

"Gyroporus castaneus", or commonly the chestnut bolete, is a small, white-pored relation of the "Boletus" mushrooms. It has a brown cap, and is usually found with oak trees. It differs from the true boletes in that the spores are a pale straw colour.

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Similar species: Boletales
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Dec 18, 2022. Captured Dec 14, 2022 12:50 in P2F5+4R Beit Oren, Israel.
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  • E-M1MarkII
  • f/2.8
  • 1/13s
  • ISO100
  • 35mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.