Summer Bolete
Boletus reticulatus Schaeff.
Also called: Summer cep
Safety first
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.
If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.
Edibility
Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Boletus reticulatus
Classification from Wikipedia: Boletus reticulatus. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Davide Puddu. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Yaroslav Andrianov. 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.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 4 |
| September | 3 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 0 |
| December | 0 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Nova Scotia 3 records · Foraging rules
- New York 2 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 2 records · Foraging rules
- Maryland 2 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 1 records · Foraging rules
- Missouri 1 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 1 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 1 records · Foraging rules
- California 1 records · Foraging rules
- District of Columbia 1 records · Foraging rules
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 reticulatus (alternately known as Boletus aestivalis (Paulet) Fr.), and commonly referred to as the summer cep is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Boletus. It occurs in deciduous forests of Europe, where it forms a symbiotic mycorrhizal relationship with species of oak (Quercus). The fungus produces fruiting bodies in the summer months which are edible and popularly collected. The summer cep was formally described by Jacob Christian Schäffer as Boletus reticulatus in 1774, which took precedence over B. aestivalis as described by Jean-Jacques Paulet in 1793.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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