Black Bolete

Phlebopus portentosus

Family: Boletinellaceae

Also called: Black Bolete, Heinianshou, 黑牛肝菌

Black Bolete (Phlebopus portentosus)
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Overview

Large, fleshy, soot-brown bolete of tropical SE Asia and southern China — Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos. One of the very few boletes that can be cultivated saprotrophically (not strictly mycorrhizal). Major fresh-market mushroom in Yunnan; sliced and stir-fried with chillies.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
uncommon
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Jul–Aug

Season

Jun–Oct (rainy season) — typical fruiting months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Host trees & substrate

  • Saprotrophic on rich soil; loose Ficus and Eucalyptus association

Where it grows

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