Boletus Mushrooms | Meronwood https://www.meronwood.com Mycology Centre Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:05:54 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Boletus mirabilis perfectus https://www.meronwood.com/boletus-mirabilis-perfectus/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 03:48:21 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=1938 McDowell and her love of boletes. Balfour saw this beauty and pointed it out. It was perfection. Often the bugs get to the boletes before we do but this day the timing was perfect. Just wait until you see the photo where McDowell cut it in half. Balfour and McDowell had those faces you ave when you cut open an avocado and it’s perfectly ripe. You know what we’re talking about!

Found in Upper Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast, BC Canada.

And some days that’s all you need: One perfect brown velvet boletus.

 

About The Brown Velvet  (Boletus mirabilis)

Boletus mirabilis, commonly known as the admirable bolete, the bragger’s bolete, and the velvet top, is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae mushroom family. The fruit body has several characteristics with which it may be identified: a dark reddish-brown cap; yellow to greenish-yellow pores on the undersurface of the cap; and a reddish-brown stem with long narrow reticulations. Boletus mirabilis is found in coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, and in Asia.

More information: Boletus mirabilis: Wikipedia

]]> Full Monty Boletus mirabilis https://www.meronwood.com/full-monty-boletus-mirabilis/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:29:16 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=2013 We all know that what we see above the ground is simply one part of the mushroom right? It’s the fruiting body and contains the spores. The largest part of the mushroom is actually the mycelium which is usually unseen because it’s underground. It’s the part that is with us year round and the part that creates and sends out the fruiting bodies. And just for reference the plural of mycelium is mycelia. People sometimes use those words interchangeably.

This amazing full monty boletus mirabilis gives us a glimpse of how that works by showing the mycelium. So cool!! It’s not often one gets the chance to see the mycelium out of it’s growing substrate – be it the soil or a tree. We feel so lucky. Take a look yourself and you can see the full mushroom of this brown velvet beauty.

Found in Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast, BC Canada.

McDowell did a double take when she saw this healthy boletus growing from visible mycelium.


Sweet.


And yes, it was perfect. No bugs.


Simply beautiful. Simply nature.

 

About The Brown Velvet  (Boletus mirabilis)

Boletus mirabilis, commonly known as the admirable bolete, the bragger’s bolete, and the velvet top, is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae mushroom family. The fruit body has several characteristics with which it may be identified: a dark reddish-brown cap; yellow to greenish-yellow pores on the undersurface of the cap; and a reddish-brown stem with long narrow reticulations. Boletus mirabilis is found in coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, and in Asia.

More information: Boletus mirabilis: Wikipedia

]]> Imleria badia, Ontario https://www.meronwood.com/boletus-ontario-2018/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 21:49:08 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=1294

This just in from Lukasz.  Bolete from Tobermory, Ontario.

And a fine specimen it is too! Absolutely perfect. Many thanks Lukasz!

 

About The Boletus Mushroom

Boletus is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus Boletus was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with pores. Since then, other genera have been defined gradually, such as Tylopilus by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881, and old names such as Leccinum have been resurrected or redefined. Some mushrooms listed in older books as members of the genus have now been placed in separate genera.

More information: Boletus: Wikipedia

]]> Boletus, Ontario https://www.meronwood.com/boletus-ontario/ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 01:01:07 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=836

We received these images from Chef Luca Molteni of The Barn Chefs in Ontario. Luca is from Northern Italy and was not sure if these mushrooms were Porcini as he calls them, King Boletes as we call them and Boletus edulis as the Latins call them. These boletus were found in mixed maple, popular and pine bush in Apsley, between Toronto and Ottawa.

Meronwood policy (laid out by our legal advisors) states we cannot identify mushrooms without seeing them so we are unable to give an opinion. But what do you think?

Once thing we can say is that these are gorgeous. Look at those thick robust stalks, love those.

Luca Boletus Mushroom, Ontario
We’ve said it before and… McDowell just adores Boletus everythingus. And what’s not to love about these beauties!

Luca Boletus Mushroom, Ontario
Now that’s one sturdy looking mushroom. Could the stalk be any bigger?

Luca Boletus Mushroom, Ontario
A meal in itself. McDowell’s mouth is watering already.

Rule of thumb regarding Boletus: if it doesn’t bruise blue after cutting, the sponge is not red and it tastes good, then hey, you may have yourself a delicious bolete. Always check with an expert if you have any doubt. Better to regret the perfect Boletus edulis that you picked as a young forager and then didn’t eat, than to eat something that you shouldn’t. Yes McDowell still has nightmares about that one.

Many thanks to Chef Luca Molteni of The Barn Chefs, in Coe Hill, Ontario for sending us these photos!

 

About The Boletus Mushroom

Boletus is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus Boletus was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with pores. Since then, other genera have been defined gradually, such as Tylopilus by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881, and old names such as Leccinum have been resurrected or redefined. Some mushrooms listed in older books as members of the genus have now been placed in separate genera.

More information: Boletus: Wikipedia

]]> Boletus mirabilis, Ontario https://www.meronwood.com/boletus-mirabilis-ontario/ Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:00:30 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=800

Need we say it again, McDowell loves Boletus mirabilis. This one was found in Horton, Ontario and was pretty beat up on top but the cool thing was the veil. McDowell had never seen the veil of her favourite bolete before.

Boletus mirabilis, Horton, Ontar

Isn’t that just the coolest! And look at those pores. Beautiful.

Boletus mirabilis, Horton, Ontar

 

More:

Boletus mirabilis of the Sunshine Coast

Boletus mirabilis of Tofino

 

About The Brown Velvet  (Boletus mirabilis)

Boletus mirabilis, commonly known as the admirable bolete, the bragger’s bolete, and the velvet top, is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae mushroom family. The fruit body has several characteristics with which it may be identified: a dark reddish-brown cap; yellow to greenish-yellow pores on the undersurface of the cap; and a reddish-brown stem with long narrow reticulations. Boletus mirabilis is found in coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, and in Asia.

More information: Boletus mirabilis: Wikipedia

]]> Boletus mirabilis, Tofino https://www.meronwood.com/boletus-mirabilis-mushrooms-tofino/ Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:18:15 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=488

McDowell really, really, really loves to see the brown velvet of a Bloetus mirabilis rising up from the green forest floor.

These gorgeous boletes were found on the inlet side of Tofino, BC Canada.

Boletus mirabilis mushroom, Tofino, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushroom, Tofino, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushroom, Tofino, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushroom, Tofino, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushroom, Tofino, BC, Canada

More: Boletus mirabilis of the Sunshine Coast

 

About The Brown Velvet  (Boletus mirabilis)

Boletus mirabilis, commonly known as the admirable bolete, the bragger’s bolete, and the velvet top, is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae mushroom family. The fruit body has several characteristics with which it may be identified: a dark reddish-brown cap; yellow to greenish-yellow pores on the undersurface of the cap; and a reddish-brown stem with long narrow reticulations. Boletus mirabilis is found in coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, and in Asia.

More information: Boletus mirabilis: Wikipedia

]]> Brown Velvet (Boletus mirabilis) https://www.meronwood.com/brown-velvet-boletus-mirabilis-mushrooms/ Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:00:32 +0000 http://meronwood.com/?p=109

McDowell can’t help but gasp every time she sees that beautiful brown velvet rising out of the green undergrowth. Her heart races. Should she come upon one, Balfour is always kind enough to call out and let McDowell do the ooooing and ahhhing.

These beauties were found on lower Mount Elphinstone, Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast, BC Canada.

Boletus mirabilis mushrooms, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushrooms, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushrooms, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

Boletus mirabilis mushrooms, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

About The Brown Velvet  (Boletus mirabilis)

Boletus mirabilis, commonly known as the admirable bolete, the bragger’s bolete, and the velvet top, is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae mushroom family. The fruit body has several characteristics with which it may be identified: a dark reddish-brown cap; yellow to greenish-yellow pores on the undersurface of the cap; and a reddish-brown stem with long narrow reticulations. Boletus mirabilis is found in coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, and in Asia.

More information: Boletus mirabilis: Wikipedia

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