I wish I had found this in the field. It was part of the collection on display at the NEMF foray.
The parasitic bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) grows on Schleroderma citrinus. The schleroderma, which looks like a scruffy puffball, is not edible.
If this were my field find, I’d have tried eating the parasitic bolete. But all I could do at NEMF is observe and study this curiosity.
Bill Bakaitis says that there are no straight lines in nature. That’s a great metaphor. I am in awe that nature can create an edible mushroom growing from a non edible mushroom.