GardenGeek

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. ^^’

Sorry 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.

All right, thanks for the reply!

It still looks like it might take some getting used to, but maybe I should give this species another chance (they’re actually pretty common here some years). The way you describe the taste, it sounds a bit like the red-footed boletes, which also have a slightly sour taste.

What do you do with old man of the woods? I deemed them not really desirable up until now…