The species is said to be edible, but should not be picked due to rarity.
Information sourced from 'Mushrooms' (Phillips), 'Fungi of Switzerland Vol.III' and Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota
Photographs included courtesy of Mike Valentine.
Edible but poor.
A Boletus chrysenteron lookalike with no red colouration on the cap or stem. It has distinctive spores with a germ pore and a flattened end.
