Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
My wife and I made a short mushrooming excursion to Lake Lundsjön after lunch. Little more than half an hour in the woods garnered us only four species, but huge amounts of one: velvet bolete. We went home early simply because we didn't need more mushrooms. I'm stewing them with cream. Never had shingled hedgehog before.
- Velvet bolete, Sandsopp, Suillus variegatus
- King bolete, Stensopp/Karl Johan, Boletus edulis
- Red russula, Tegelkremla, Russula decolorans
- Shingled hedgehog, Fjällig taggsvamp, Sarcodon imbricatus
Comments
Martin, how lovely! I used to find king boletes in the woods in Muskoka (on the Canadian Shield, much like Finland I think), in the piny woods on sandy soil where some trees were taken down.
Unfortunately I didn't know enough about mushrooms to know if they were good to eat.
Posted by: Monado, FCD | September 13, 2009 1:12 PM
To my knowledge very few bolete species in Sweden are poisonous, and those that are are dramatically coloured in scarlet, and very rare.
A bolete is a mushroom with a dense carped of spore-producing cylinders under its hat. No lamelles.
Posted by: Martin R | September 13, 2009 3:55 PM
I liked the hedghogs, but the boletes are are sublime. I actually like them dried (the distinctive flavor/perfume seems to become more pronounced) and then grated onto a nice pasta with garlic, parmesan and pepper. Mmm.getting near dinner.
Posted by: dpug ; | September 13, 2009 4:54 PM
Oh, I used to love hedgies! When I was a kid, I used to love picking them, too, as they are so easily recognized (and because the "hedgehog quills" felt like the back of my dad's neck after he'd had a haircut! LOL)
Posted by: Christina | September 14, 2009 1:28 PM