Bolete Mushrooms

Boletes are a group of fleshy, stalked fungi characterized by a layer of pores or tubes on the underside of their cap instead of gills. This list includes several well-known boletes from various families found in British Columbia, with information based on species accounts from E-Flora BC.

Species

Name

Family

Status

Hazards

Edible

Other

Medicinal

Photo

Aureoboletus mirabilis Admirable Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Boletus barrowsii White King Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Boletus edulis King Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Boletus fibrillosus (no common name) Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Caloboletus rubripes Bitter Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
Bitter
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Leccinum insigne Aspen Scaber-Stalk Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Leccinum manzanitae Madrone Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Leccinum scabrum Common Scaber-Stalk Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Phylloporus rhodoxanthus Gilled Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Xerocomellus zelleri Zeller's Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Xerocomus subtomentosus group Yellow-Cracked Bolete Boletaceae Unknown
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X
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Gyroporus castaneus Chestnut Bolete Gyroporaceae Native
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X
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Suillus brevipes Short-Stemmed Slippery Jack Suillaceae Unknown
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X
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Suillus caerulescens Douglas-Fir Suillus Suillaceae Unknown
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X
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Suillus lakei Western Painted Suillus Suillaceae Unknown
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X
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Suillus luteus Slippery Jack Suillaceae Unknown
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X
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Suillus tomentosus Tomentose Suillus Suillaceae Unknown
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X
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