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Bitter beech bolete Caloboletus calopus
Summer and autumnPale cap, yellow pores, red on the stem and an intensely bitter taste. This profile covers broad field features, season and habitat.
- Where it grows
- Deciduous and coniferous woodland, often on richer soil.
- Look for
- Pale cap, yellow pores, red on the stem and an intensely bitter taste.
Check further: Not presented as a food mushroom. This profile supports learning and safer boundaries; it does not approve a finding.
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Sources: Normlisten 2026 – Fagmykologisk råd · Norges sopp- og nyttevekstforbund – Normlistesopp · Artsdatabanken – rørsoppordenen · Giftinformasjonen – trygg sopptur. Last reviewed 9 August 2026.
