Queen Bolete

Boletus regineus D.Arora & Simonini

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Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

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Edibility

Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Boletus regineus

Classification from Wikipedia: Boletus regineus. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Photo: Alan Rockefeller. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Alan Rockefeller. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Grze Swis. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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View season data as a table

Recorded observations of Queen Bolete by month
Month	Records
January	3
February	0
March	1
April	0
May	0
June	0
July	0
August	1
September	1
October	18
November	39
December	12

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

California 65 records · Foraging rules
Oregon 8 records · Foraging rules
Washington 4 records · Foraging rules
British Columbia 1 records · Foraging rules
New Mexico 1 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Cap shape	convex
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	pores
Ecology	mycorrhizal
Stem features	bare
Spore print color	olive

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Boletus regineus, commonly known as the queen bolete, is an edible and highly regarded fungus of the genus Boletus that inhabits southwestern North America. It was considered a variant of the similarly edible B. edulis for many years until declared a unique species in 2008. Phylogenetic analysis has shown B. regineus as a member of a clade, or closely related group, with B. subcaerulescens, Gastroboletus subalpinus, B. pinophilus, B. fibrillosus, and B. rex-veris. The cap is 5–18 cm (2–7 in) wide, convex then flat, brown with a whitish dusting when young. The stalk is 5–15 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, clavate then equal, and whitish tan.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.

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