Tag Archives: Boletus edulis

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Last Saturday we received some blessed rain, a quarter of an inch. Of course it came during the nature walk at the Discover the Lands even on the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands.  Justine Rosenthal and Janine Johnson took the walk from Point Arena City Hall to the Mendocino College Field Station. It was near the Field Station in a group of Bishop Pines when they found this beauty, one of the choice edible mushroom here on the coast - a Boletus edulis, King Bolete. That yellow plate is a dinner plate!

It's what's for dinner!

Thanks to Justine and Janine for allowing me to share their photo with you here.

No more mushrooms until we receive some rain. It's too dry now. We are waiting for our power to be turned off in advance of the high wrong-way winds forecast for tonight. I may not be able to post for a while. I can tell you that today is absolutely lovely here. May that continue hold true.

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Rick found a King Bolete this morning on our property. Karl Young came across this Boletus edulis, also called Porcini,  three days ago.

And two large, pristine Boletes were found yesterday. So check your spots! Chanterelles are also being found, plus a few Candy Caps. Lots of other mushrooms up after the rains.

Thanks to Karl for allowing me to share his photo with  you here.

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Joanne Angerame found her first Boletus edulis, with the help of her golden retriever, Riley. It's obvious Riley approves!

Even thought it's quite warm and dry right now, another edible mushroom is up - Coccora.

These mushrooms are in the Amanita family, and they are not for beginning foragers. They have a deadly look-a-like. You need to learn all three identification of this mushroom. Personally, I would never eat one I hadn't picked. One of their identifiers is their creamy top.

This morning Rick and I saw the first Fly Amanita up, always a fun sighting.

It's not an edible unless you parboil it twice, as David Arora showed a group of us one year on a mushroom forage. I prefer to watch them evolve, as they change shape quite dramatically.

Thanks to Joanne for allowing me to share her fun photo with you here.

Sunny skies with passing clouds is the order of the day.

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Matsutakes, a prized edible mushroom, are up. Alex Kun found a nice haul on the Sonoma coast.

Rick and I found some too, near our place in Anchor Bay. They come up in the same place, year after year. They grow in sandy soil and they smell like cinnamon.

King Boletes, Boletus edulis, another choice edible, are also still appearing. Remi Alexander photographed Patrick Hillscan with two nice mushrooms.

This morning Rick and I found two big Boletes growing on our land. It's rather puzzling with the dry, low humidity weather we've been having. We did receive over nine inches of rain in November, and that was apparently enough for the 'shrooms!

Cece Case photographed two beautiful Coral mushrooms.

Some Coral mushrooms are edible, but I just like to enjoy their beauty where they grow.With more rain, we should be seeing many more of these intricate fungi in the forest. No rain is  predicted until the 20th.

Thanks to Alex, Remi and Cece for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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Catherine Miller was the lucky forager who found two of this year's first King Boletes, Boletus edulis. The first photo shows a banana slug on the big bolete. Banana slugs love these porcini mushrooms!

The second photo shows a smaller Bolete. Those tiny gray mushrooms are Fairy Bonnets, which are appearing in vast numbers right now on the Mendonoma coast.

Boletus edulis, also known as Cep or Porcini, are delicious, edible mushrooms. They are so fun to find. I hope I join the ranks of happy foragers very soon!

Thanks to Catherine for allowing me to share her photo with you here.