Spring King
Boletus rex-veris D.Arora & Simonini
Also called: Spring King Bolete
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 rex-veris
Classification from Wikipedia: Boletus rex-veris. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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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 | 2 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 6 |
| May | 43 |
| June | 64 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 0 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 0 |
| 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.
- California 76 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 26 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 10 records · Foraging rules
- Idaho 3 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Montana 1 records · Foraging rules
Identification traits
| Cap shape | convex |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | pores |
| Ecology | mycorrhizal |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | olive-brown |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Boletus rex-veris, commonly known as the spring king bolete, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Boletus found in western North America. The large, edible fruiting bodies known as mushrooms appear under pine trees, generally in May to June. It has a pinkish to brownish cap and its stem is often large and swollen, and the overall colour may have an orange-red tinge. As with other boletes, the size of the fruiting body is variable. Boletus rex-veris is edible, and may be preserved and cooked. For many years, Boletus rex-veris was considered a subspecies or form of the porcini mushroom B. edulis. In 2008, a taxonomic revision of western North American populations of this species was published, formally establishing it as a distinct species, Boletus rex-veris. Phylogenetic analysis has shown B. rex-veris as a member of a clade, or closely related group, with B. fibrillosus, B. pinophilus, B. subcaerulescens, B. subalpinus, and B. regineus.
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