• Edible
  • Remedial

Boletus edulis Bull. 1782

Synonyms:

Leccinum edule (Bull.) Gray, Tubiporus edulis (Bull.) P. Karst., Tubiporus edulis subsp. edulis (Bull.) P. Karst., Dictyopus edulis (Bull.) Quél., Dictyopus edulis var. edulis (Bull.) Quél., Tubiporus edulis subsp. euedulis Maire, Boletus edulis subsp. euedulis (Maire) Singer, Boletus edulis f. edulis Bull., Boletus edulis var. edulis Bull., Boletus edulis subsp. edulis Bull., Boletus elephantinus With., Boletus edulis var. elephantinus (With.) Pers., Leccinum elephantinum (With.) Gray, Boletus edulis var. tuberosus Pers., Boletus edulis var. communis Alb. & Schwein., Boletus solidus Sowerby, Boletus esculentus ß albus Pers., Boletus persoonii Bon, Boletus reticulatus var. albus (Pers.) Hlaváček, Boletus edulis f. albus (Pers.) J.A. Muñoz, Boletus citrinus A. Venturi, Suillus citrinus (A. Venturi) Kuntze, Boletus venturii Bon, Boletus reticulatus var. citrinus Hlaváček, Boletus edulis f. citrinus J.A. Muñoz, Boletus edulis var. clavipes Peck, Boletus edulis subsp. clavipes (Peck) Singer, Boletus clavipes (Peck) Pilát & Dermek, Boletus edulis var. laevipes Massee, Boletus edulis f. laevipes (Massee) Vassilkov, Boletus edulis var. elephantinus Massee, Boletus edulis var. pseudopurpureus Murr, Boletus edulis f. pseudopurpureus (Murr) Vassilkov, Boletus edulis var. abietis Schiemek, Boletus edulis var. quercus Schiemek, Boletus edulis var. citrinus Pelt. ex E.-J. Gilbert, Boletus edulis f. citrinus (Pelt. ex E.-J. Gilbert) Vassilkov, Boletus edulis subsp. euedulis Maire, Boletus olivaceobrunneus Zeller & F.D. Bailey, Boletus edulis f. olivaceobrunneus (Zeller & F.D. Bailey) Vassilkov, Tylopilus porphyrosporus var. olivaceobrunneus (Zeller & F.D. Bailey) Wolfe, Boletus edulis var. betulicola Vassilkov, Boletus edulis f. betulicola (Vassilkov) Vassilkov, Boletus betulicola (Vassilkov) Pilát & Dermek, Boletus edulis subsp. betulicola (Vassilkov) Hlaváček [as 'betulicolus'], Boletus edulis var. piceicola Vassilkov, Boletus edulis var. quercicola Vassilkov, Boletus slovenicus Smotl., Boletus edulis subsp. slovenicus (Smotl.) Hlaváček, Boletus edulis f. arcticus Vassilkov, Boletus edulis var. arcticus (Vassilkov) Hlaváček, Boletus edulis f. praecox Vassilkov, Boletus edulis f. quercicola Vassilkov, Boletus quercicola (Vassilkov) Singer, Boletus edulis f. roseipes Vassilkov, Boletus edulis f. subaereus Vassilkov, Boletus edulis f. tardus Vassilkov, Boletus edulis var. ochraceus A.H. Sm. & Thiers, Boletus edulis subsp. trisporus Watling, Boletus edulis var. arenarius H. Engel, Krieglst. & Dermek,Boletus edulis var. grandedulis Arora & Simonini

Biotope

Boletus edulis grows in mycorrhiza especially with spruces (Picea), less often with other trees, e.g. beeches (Fagus sylvatica).

Macroscopic and microscopic features

Cap: brown, white-brown, shiny, often wrinkled.

Tubes: at first white, later turning to yellow to olive-yellow.

Stipe: with a white reticulum, sometimes only in the upper part.

Context: white to a bit yellowing, woolly at the base when old. Taste and aroma pleasant.

 

Micro photos and sketches

Boletus edulis under spruces (Picea)

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