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Originally Posted by gregorio
Lapka, can I eat this one?
God, I am so jelly. It is basically zero mushrooms here this year.
You absolutely definitely can eat that. It is one of the best kinds on mushroom: king bolete. The size is not cool part of the story because you want young small mushrooms for your food.
General rule: with exception of one kind all mushrooms with sponge and not thin plates on the lower part are edible. The only poisonous exception is Rubroboletus satanas and looks like:
The only mushroom that can be mistaken for king boletus is bitter boletus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus_felleus
This one is not poisonous but tastes extremely bitter. Just one can spoil the whole dish. With some experience you can safely differentiate it from king boletus through finer pores and slightly pinkish sponge.