Hunting Wild Mushrooms-Foraging for Boletus

It looks like it is going to be a great summer here in upper Michigan for hunting wild mushrooms. We are getting a lot of rain and that is a key ingredient. What I call the summer mushrooms appear to be just starting. The first edible Boletus I am usually able to find is the Boletus Subglabripes. This is a good mushroom when it is real young but turns very soft with age. During the years when this wild mushroom is plentiful I dry them to use in roasts and other meals I add mushrooms to. They dry and reconstitute very well. I have included the picture of a spore print in this post for this mushroom. Just to give those of you that are not familiar with it an idea of what it looks like.Boletus subglabripesCap-Light Brown to rich Cinnamon, 11/2 to 4 inches, convex then expanding to almost plain.Stem- 2-4 by ½ to ¾ inches even or tapered at the base. Pale to bright yellow.Flesh- Pale to Lemon yellowGills- This mushroom has tubes not gills. Spore print deposit color -pale olive brown.Habitat- Found in mixed deciduous woods, occasionally under spruce. Found in Eastern and Eastern North America.Season- June though September

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