Bolete mushrooms belong to three genera or groups — Boletus, Leccinum, and Suillus. They include edible and poisonous mushrooms. One of the most popular edible bolete mushrooms is Boletus edulis ...

If you live where you can collect mushrooms, you are in nirvana right now. Boletus edulis – known as Porcini/Italian, Cepes/French, and Steinpilz/German – has been “blooming.” It has been ...

“It was one of the first edible mushrooms I was able to identify,” Cripps said. “The miners from Europe new Boletus edulis. They taught me to identify it.” ...

Meet the king of the mushroom kingdom, Boletus Edulis, spotlighted in this fall series of mushroom foraging.

Around Aspen, the most popular and coveted edible mushroom is the Boletus edulis, or the king bolete. It’s common in Italy, and also found in Aspen’s surrounding high-alpine environments near ...

ETH researchers have discovered Boletus edulis (porcini mushrooms) growing at an elevation of over 2,400 metres in the Lower Engadine – the highest altitude ever recorded for these popular edible ...

Borowiki, or boletus edulis, is a cousin of the porcini, which is a very nice mushroom to eat. If you look for them in a field guide, you’ll see “choice” printed next to edibility.

Boletus edulis spreads geographically thanks to the tiny spores released from the porcini mushrooms, borne on the wind, mammals, and even flies.

For example, people consume some 100,000 metric tons of porcini mushrooms (the collective name for Boletus edulis and its close relatives) worldwide each year, many of them foraged in the wild in ...

Gourmets worship the boletus edulis, also known as the porcino or penny bun mushroom, as one of the finest edible mushrooms, a heavenly ingredient for risotto or pasta dishes. If they're fresh ...