King Bolete
Boletus edulis
Also called: King Bolete, Porcini, Cep, Penny Bun, Steinpilz
Overview
Classic porcini. Spruce-fir and pine associate; flushes after sustained warm rain.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
mycorrhizal
Typical peak
Sep
Season
Aug–Oct — typical fruiting months: Jul, Aug, Sep.
Host trees & substrate
- Spruce-fir northern ME/VT/NH
Where it grows
- Northeast
- Upper Midwest / Great Lakes
- Sierra Nevada & Nor-Cal
- Pacific Northwest
- Appalachian Highlands
- Southeast Coastal Plain
- Texas
- Rocky Mountains
- UK & Ireland
- Western European Lowlands
- Central European Mixed Forest
- Iberian Peninsula
- Nordic & Scandinavian Boreal
- Eastern European Forest
- Russian Boreal Taiga
- Andean Patagonia
- Southeast Australia Temperate
- New Zealand
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