biggest porcini ive ever found

patpall22 · Jan 12, 2011

biggest porcini i've ever found

as mushroom season is starting to peter off in central Ca, I managed to extract this beast out of a bush. Porcini's are highly sought after by local restaurants whom pay around 10-12 dollars per pound. this mushroom weighted 8 pounds. i'll probably never see one this size ever again.

hope you enjoy

pat pall

Woodland Detectors · Jan 12, 2011

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That's a Banner shroom!

Nice dig

Tnmountains · Jan 12, 2011

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Oh man, I use porcini and make a great sauce for venison tenderloins. That thing is huge. Great picture. :thumbsup:

crazyjarhead · Jan 13, 2011

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Nice find. You are a good mushroom hunter :notworthy:

packerbacker · Jan 13, 2011

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Wow, that IS a big mushroom! The only mushrooms I can recognize and I'm not afraid to eat are the morels.

Michaelangelo · Jan 13, 2011

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That's the biggest mushroom I've ever seen!!

Goodyguy · Jan 13, 2011

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That's gotta be a record

Call Ripleys...... :tongue3:

fubberbud · Jan 13, 2011

biggest porcini i've ever found

!Dude! That is one huge Boletus!

mountainplayer · Jan 13, 2011

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Awesome boletus! Was it wormy? My mushroom beds are under 2-5 feet of snow right now...can't wait for Spring!

MP

Tuberale · Jan 13, 2011

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Great 'shroom, patpall22!

BTW, porcini is Italian for "little pig". It should be pretty obvious why it's called that.

Nope, not a record. Found a picture of one from Oregon that was over 40 inches tall, nearly 15 inches diameter at the base, and almost no cap. Newspaper caption said it weighed more than 25 pounds fresh, back in the '60s. I found one that weighed about 10 pounds, took 1st prize at Mt. Pisquah Mushroom Fair about 12 years ago. Real wormy. Used to inoculate with after the show. Porcini if often preferred dried up here, and lots of it gets sliced and rapidly dried for future consumption. Excellent in tomato sauce for a spaghetti topping, and known to be anti-cancerous as well as immuno-activating.

Happy eating!