Boletus regineus
D. Arora & Simonini
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(c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fungus is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. California.
North America, USA,
How to Identify
Boletus regineus is a mushroom in the family Boletaceae found in temperate regions of California.
Wikipedia
Source ↗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.
References (2)
- Economic Botany, 2008, 63(3): 374,
- http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/edible.html
