Identification
Close to the porcini: lighter, often cracked cap; the white net on the stem reaches higher; flesh white, unchanging. Mycorrhizal with broadleaf trees.
Edibility
Fully edible; culinary value equal to porcini.
In practice
- Among the first quality boletes of the year in oak woods.
- Distinct from pale boletes with red pores by the white net and no blue staining.