The official name of these mushrooms sounds much more scientific – they are red-headed boletes (Aureoboletus projectellus).
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However, “balsevičiukai” became a much easier name to remember among mushroom pickers. It caught on because of the Balsevičius family – they were the ones who discovered this new mushroom species for Lithuania in the Curonian Spit.
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“These are not boletes, they are much sweeter, have a peculiar smell,” A. Valinskas said earlier in an episode of the 15min podcast “Valinskas knows”.
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