Boletus satanas
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{{Taxobox
| name = Devil's bolete
| image = Boletus satanas.JPG
| image_width = 280px
| image_caption = Devil's bolete (''Boletus satanas'')
| regnum = [[Fungi]]
| divisio = [[Basidiomycota]]
| classis = [[Agaricomycetes]]
| ordo = [[Boletales]]
| familia = [[Boletaceae]]
| genus = '''''[[Boletus]]'''''
| species = '''''B. satanas'''''
| binomial = ''Boletus satanas''
| binomial_authority = [[Harald Othmar Lenz|Lenz]]
}}
{{mycomorphbox
| name = Boletus satanas
| whichGills = adnate
| capShape = convex
| hymeniumType=pores
| stipeCharacter=bare
| ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
| sporePrintColor=olive
| howEdible=poisonous}}
'''''Boletus satanas''''', commonly known as the '''Devil's bolete''' or '''Satan's mushroom''', is a [[basidiomycete]] [[fungus]] of the [[Boletaceae|bolete family]]. Found on chalky soil in mixed woodlands in the southern, warmer regions of Europe and North America, it is generally regarded as a [[mushroom poisoning|poisonous mushroom]], with predominantly gastrointestinal symptoms of nausea and vomiting occurring if eaten raw. However, reports of poisoning are rare due to its odd appearance and at times putrid smell minimising casual experimentation. There are reports of its traditional consumption in the former Czechoslovakia, Italy and [[San Francisco Bay Area]] after thorough cooking.
The squat, brightly coloured fruiting bodies are large and imposing, with a pale dull-coloured velvety cap up to 30 cm (12 inches) wide, blood red pores and bulbous red-patterned stalk. The flesh turns blue when cut or bruised. There is a smell of carrion, more noticeable with age. It is the largest bolete growing in [[Europe]].
==Taxonomy==
''Boletus satanas'' was described by German [[Mycology|mycologist]] Harald Othmar Lenz, who gave it its sinister name, ''satanas''/σατανας - of [[Satan]] - derived from [[Hebrew]] via [[Ancient Greek]],<ref name=Nilper/> after he felt ill from its 'emanations' while describing it. He also knew of several reports of diarrhoea and sickness from those who had eaten it.<ref name = "Ramsbottom53">{{cite book | author = Ramsbottom J | year = 1953 | title = Mushrooms & Toadstools |pages=p. 53-54 | publisher = Collins | id = ISBN 1870630092}}</ref> American mycologist [[Harry D. Thiers]] concluded that material from North America matches the species description, although some authorities have questioned this.<ref name=Thiers75>{{cite book |title=California Mushrooms -- A Field Guide to the Boletes |author=Thiers HD |year=1975 |publisher=Hafner Press |location=New York |isbn=0028534107 |pages=p. 58 }}</ref>
Both it and ''[[Boletus luridus]]'' are known as ''ayimantari'' 'bear mushroom' in Eastern Turkey.<ref name=Dem04>{{cite journal |author=Demirel K, Uzun Y, Kaya A |year=2004|title=Some Poisonous Fungi of East Anatolia |journal=Turk J Bot |volume=28|pages=215–19|id= |url=http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-04-28-1-2/bot-28-1-2-23-0207-2.pdf|format=PDF |accessdate= 2008-02-08}}</ref>
== Description==
The compact [[Pileus (mycology)|cap]] can be up to {{convert|30|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} in diameter. At first it is hemispheric with an inrolled margin, later flattening in the shape of a pad, and in older specimens it is bent irregularly. When young, the pileus is greyish white, when older it tends more to a greenish ochre or leather colour. The surface of the cap is finely [[tomentose]], becomes smooth later and often slightly sticky in wet weather. It does not peel. The free to slightly adnate tubes are up to 3 mm long. At first they are pale yellow or greenish yellow before soon reddening and are already entirely purplish red or carmine before full maturity. The [[spore print]] is olive green and spores are spindle-shaped and 10-16 μm long when viewed under a microscope.<ref name=Zeitl76/>
The [[Stipe (mycology)|stipe]] is 5–12 cm (2–4¾ inches) long and is often very bulbous (4–10 cm/1½–4 inches); usually it is wider than it is long and when young it is even almost spherical. It has a yellow background covered with a hexagonal close-meshed net that starts bright red and turns dark blood-red and which sometimes reaches to the yellowish base layer.<ref name=Zeitl76/>
The flesh is whitish, though may be yellow to pale ochre when young. It slowly turns a faded blue colour when broken or bruised, although the stem bruises red. The smell is weak when the mushroom is young, but becomes putrid in older specimens, reminiscent of carrion. Young specimens reportedly have a pleasant nutty taste.<ref name=Zeitl76>{{cite book|author=Zeitlmayr L|year=1976|title=Wild Mushrooms:An Illustrated Handbook|publisher=Garden City Press, Hertfordshire|isbn= 0-584-10324-7|pages=p. 102}}</ref>
===Similar species===
The Devil's bolete can be confused with other boletes such as:
*''[[Boletus erythropus|B. erythropus]]''
*''[[Boletus calopus|B. calopus]]''
*''[[Boletus luridus|B. luridus]]''
*''[[Boletus rhodoxanthus|B. rhodoxanthus]]''
*''[[Boletus legaliae|B. legaliae]]'' (= ''B. splendidus'')
*''[[Boletus torosus|B. torosus]]''
== Distribution and habitat==
The Devil's bolete is found in the entire temperate zone, but in Europe it definitely occurs more in southern regions. It is only found in the south of England.<ref name=Nilper>{{cite book | author = Nilson S & Persson O | year = 1977 | title = Fungi of Northern Europe 1: Larger Fungi (Excluding Gill-Fungi) | publisher = Penguin|isbn=0-14-063005-8|pages=p. 104}}</ref> It has been recorded in the Black Sea and eastern [[Anatolia]] regions of [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sesli E |year=2007|title=Preliminary checklist of macromycetes
of the East and Middle Black Sea Regions of Turkey |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=99|pages=71–74|url=http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/checklists/sesli-v99-checklist.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref><ref name=Dem04/> It has been recorded from coastal areas of California, with a possible record from the southeastern US, and could feasibly occur in the Pacific Northwest.<ref name=Amm85>{{cite book |title=Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada |author=Ammirati JA, Traquair JA, Horgen PA |year=1985|publisher=University of Minnesota Press |location=Minneapolis |isbn=0-8166-1407-5|pages=p. 241-42}}</ref> It grows in hardwood forests, mainly under [[beech]] (''Fagus'') in Europe, and [[oak]] (''Quercus'') in North America. Preferring [[calcareous]] (chalky) soil,<ref name=Nilper/> it appears in summer and the beginning of the autumn in the southernmost areas. It is rather rare in the north, as it grows only in hot and sunny periods. It fruits in autumn.<ref name=Amm85/>
== Toxicity ==
[[Image:Satansröhrling-1.jpg|thumb|right|Illustration by artist Albin Schmalfuß, 1897]]
The Devil's bolete is poisonous, especially when eaten raw, but also when cooked. The symptoms, which are predominantly gastrointestinal in nature, include violent vomiting, which can last up to six hours. However, English mycologist [[John Ramsbottom (mycologist)|John Ramsbottom]] reported in 1953 that it is consumed in parts of Italy and the former [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name = "Ramsbottom53"/> Furthermore, some in the San Francisco Bay area report having eaten it regularly without ill effects.<ref name=Thiers75/> However, all agree it must always be cooked. Ramsbottom speculated that there may be a regional variation in the toxicity, and concedes it may not be as poisonous as widely reported. <ref name = "Ramsbottom53"/> This has been echoed by some contemporary mycologists; ''Boletus satanas'' is rarely sampled casually due to its putrid smell and blue bruising.<ref name=Benj95>{{cite book |last=Benjamin| first= Denis R. |title=Mushrooms: poisons and panaceas — a handbook for naturalists, mycologists and physicians|pages=p. 359|publisher=WH Freeman and Company| location=New York |year=1995| isbn=0-7167-2600-9}}</ref>
[[Muscarine]] has been isolated from fruiting bodies, but the quantities are believed to be far too small to account for its toxic effects.<ref name=Benj95/> More recently, the glycoprotein [[bolesatine]] has been isolated. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1707561&dopt=Citation]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book | last = North| first = Pamela | year = 1967 | title = Poisonous Plants and Fungi in colour | publisher = Blandford Press & Pharmacological Society of Great Britain }}
== External links ==
{{Commons|Boletus satanas}}
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