Bolete

You may have heard that many boletes change color when they are cut or damaged. Perhaps you’ve also heard that those staining blue or red should be avoided at all costs. But is this true across the board? Why do bolete mushrooms turn red when cut? Why do they turn blue? And does the color … Read more

You were out foraging for wild mushrooms when you came across a patch of half-eaten boletes. The caps were riddled with bug holes or partially missing, or perhaps you could see the evidence where mushrooms had been bitten off at the base of the stem. So now you’re curious: what animals eat the bolete mushroom? … Read more

If you’ve spent any time foraging for wild mushrooms, you know how important it is to distinguish between the edible and the poisonous ones. Eating a poisonous mushroom can cause major digestive symptoms and even death. So, what if you’re foraging for boletes? You know there are many different species of them, so how can … Read more

With over 300 species to choose from, the Boletus, or bolete, family of mushrooms, is a large genus which is split into smaller families: principally Boletus, Leccinum, and Suillus. With so many different types of mushrooms, how can you know which ones belong to this large family? How do you identify a bolete mushroom? Keep … Read more