Edibility


Edibility:

Edible


Eating notes: 

Older specimens can taste slightly sour and tough. Young specimens are acceptable but not choice.




                        



Description


Cap: 

8-20cm Bracket. Redish brown above, cream below


Stem: 

Short, thick and lateral. May be abscent altogether.


Tubes: 

Cream coloured shallow layer (5-15mm)


Pores: 

Seperate from each other, not fusing as with the Boletes.


Spores: 

White or very pale ochre


Flesh: 

Deep red with paler mottling. Exudes blood-like juice. Just like raw meat.


Habitat: 

Grows on acient Oak and Chestnut trees. 


Frequency: 

Frequent