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