On 12/3/2014 5:42 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:49:44 PM UTC-8, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:41:48 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> I know tree fungus and cloud ears quite well from my days of Chinese
>>> cooking. The ones I was looking for are the boletus/porcini I found.
>>> The boletus are mostly black. These are the ones I ordered
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/mw7cxdg
>>>
>>> They are most probably cultivated in Chile as they are not native to
>>> South America.
>>
>> These are a different type of less common "boletus" (which just means
>> "mushroom") - technically not a porcini. Porcini is Boletus
>> edulis(sp?) and those are B. luteus.
>>
>
> From what I have managed to gather online, Polish dried mushrooms
> are porcini, Boletus edulis, but also "bay boletus," Boletus badius.
>
Thanks

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