King Boletus - Boletus Edulis
The Penny Bun, AKA Bolete is a dense mushroom with a meat-like texture when cooked and are extremely versatile in their culinary use.
They commonly fruit in the summer/fall in coniferous and deciduous forests and youโll most often find them popping up from the ground.
This lovely specimen and a handful more were found near the north shore of Lake Superior by yours truly โจ ignore the terrible nail polish pls ๐
The main distinction that this lovely mushroom has from others are its gills!! Or rather, lack there of. They have tubes that create spongy pores under its cap.
The easiest way to preserve these lovely lil fungi is with a dehydrator. Now I personally bought a dehydrator because I preserve a multitude of foods and make jerky and the likes, but you can also dehydrate them in the oven on the lowest setting it will go to, until theyโre cracker dry.
Happy hunting!
(Look at the fookin size o dat thing)
