Foraged porcini mushrooms

My aunt knows someone who has foraged for years and got to accompany him in the Black Forest to collect Boletus edulis (known as Steinpilz in Germany).

An intense red mushroom laying on its cap so that the deep red pores are exposed. Close-up of yellow pores with dark blue smudges where they were touched, with a deep blue cut stem in the middle. A top-down shot of a collection of mushrooms, some of which are sliced on a cutting board in various cross-sections. Some mushroom types are Boletus edulis, Boletus pinophilus, Boletus rhodopurpureus, Cyanoboletus pulverulentus, Xerocomus badius.

And finally, some of the dishes I cooked up once I was done investigating all the mushrooms:

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