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Originally Posted by NarnianGarden
Yes - the B edulis is a larvae magnet. It grows here in abundance and is even exported to Southern Italy (Italians don't know they're eating plenty of larvae and maggots with their Finnish mushrooms...)...
I lost my appetite somewhat when an expert said that almost ALL Boletus edulis mushrooms are filled with larvae, even when they're microscopically small.
That's why I much prefer the chantarelle varieties, they usually are left alone by insetcs (but slugs still love them)
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Boletus edulis is also the most popular fungus in the Czech Republic, which everyone knows. Yes, the first mushrooms are mostly wormy, but later in the summer the insects do not put so many eggs into the mushrooms. I do not mind what I don´t see.
Vladimír