The Lilac Bolete (Boletus separans) may be the best tasting wild mushroom that you can forage. Join me as I show you what a typical foraging trip looks like, how you can use taste to identify boletes, and how to identify several species of edible bolete mushrooms in the Eastern United States.

The species highlighted in this video are:

The Train Wrecker (Neolentinus lepideus)
Edibility: Questionable, some people report that it is edible when young and tender

Shaggy Stalked Bolete (Aureoboletus betula)
Edibility: Edible, slight citrus taste

Frost's Bolete (Exsudoporus frostii)
Edibility: Edible, slightly sour taste, almost like a tart apple

Lilac Bolete (Boletus separans)
Edibility: Edible, a choice edible with a strong mushroom flavor

Jackson's Slender Amanita (Amanita jacksonii)
Edibility: Edible, but not for beginners

The gear I use:
-Opinel Foraging Knife: https://www.amazon.com/Opinel-OP01252...

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