Boletus satanas
Satan Boletus (Boletus satanas )
The Satanic Boletus (Boletus satanas ), popularly known as Satan fungus, is a species of fungus in the family Dickröhrlingsverwandten. It is a poison mushroom.
Features
The compact hat can be up to 25 cm wide. At first hemispherical, then spread cushion -shaped, he is bent irregularly in old age. Jung is the hat of gray -white to gravel stone colors, older he tends more to the Ochre, Buff and greenish. The hat skin is covered finely tomentose - hairy, verkahlt later and is then often weak sticky - greasy. The tubes are only pale yellow and finally run green yellow and pale blue green on. The pores are very red only in young mushrooms yellowish, but very soon reddish tinge and even before full maturity. The stalk is 5-12 cm long and is often very bulbous - bellied (4 to 10 cm); he is usually wider than long and even young almost spherical. He is covered with a clear red net on a yellow background, the last blood red bleak, mesh, is hexagonal and sometimes extends to the yellowish base region. The flesh is whitish, yellow to pale ocher, is only moderately blue at break and discolor very rarely reddish. The smell is weak young and is aasartig later and after prolonged lying.
Ecology and distribution
The Satanic Boletus occurs throughout the temperate zone, but he has a clear southern distribution in Europe. It grows in deciduous forests, preferably on calcareous soils.
Artabgrenzung
The Satanic Boletus may be especially confused with other rotporigen Dick boletes. The Rosahütige Boletus (B. rhodoxanthus ) is characterized by a ruby stem network and bright yellow, only in blue hat meat shopping. At higher altitudes, is to be found a further double with the wine Red Boletus (B. rubrosanguineus ). He usually has a narrower handle and the age a wine red hat color. Also, the inedible Schönfuß Boletus (B. calopus ) may resemble the Satan Boletus. The tube mouths of the fruiting bodies, however, are colored yellow and not red, except for the variety ruforubraporus. In addition, mushroom pickers often keep the edible witches boletes such as the Flockenstieligen witches Boletus (B. erythropus ) for the Satan Boletus. However, this form of braunhütige fruiting bodies. In addition, their flesh turns blue on contact with atmospheric oxygen quickly and clearly.
Importance
The Satanic Boletus is poisonous and causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms. Fatal poisoning by boletes are not known.