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porcini
Porcini is the Italian name for Boletus edulis and its close relatives, the most sought-after wild mushroom in Europe: a heavy fat-stemmed bolete with a brown cap like a bun, a fine white network on the upper stem, and a pore surface that starts white and ages yellow-green. It grows with the roots of pine, spruce, beech, and oak, so it cannot be cultivated.
Etymology
The Italian means little pigs, and the reason offered is either the plump shape of the stem or the fact that pigs go for them. The same mushroom carries a different animal name in French, where it is the cèpe, from a southern French word for a trunk, and in German it is the steinpilz, stone mushroom, for its firmness. English has no name of its own and uses the Italian or calls it a penny bun.