Comment on Big haul last weekend in PA
GardenGeek@europe.pub 5 days agoSorry for the late reply.
The red-footed boletes in my area are Xercomellus and are usually quite abundant in all kinds of forests and even parks and hedges. The only drawback with this group of species is that they are very susceptible to gold mold and become worm-eaten very quickly. Therefore, it really only makes sense to harvest young specimens, and because of the species’ small size, harvesting them is less worthwhile than harvesting other boletes found here.
polytropic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ah, like the smaller cracked-cap guys with the usually slender stem? I think I’ve seen a few of those, and never very large fruitings at once, either. Understandable.
GardenGeek@europe.pub 4 days ago
Yes! Usually I havest a few young specimens at the beginnig of the walk just to be annoyed when cleaning my findings after subsequently filling the basket with more desireable species… alway the same old story. ^^’