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Boletus edulis (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus Boletus.. Prized as an ingredient in various culinary dishes, B. edulis is an edible mushroom held in high regard in many cuisines, and is commonly prepared and eaten in soups, pasta, or risotto.
Boletus edulis or edible Boletus, native to Europe, known in Italian as fungo porcino (plural porcini) (pig mushroom), in German as Steinpilz (stone mushroom), in Russian as Белый гриб, Bely grib (white mushroom), in French as the cèpe, and in the UK as the penny bun. It is also known as the king bolete, and is renowned for its ...
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 hymenial pores instead of gills.
The following is an incomplete list of species of the mushroom genus Boletus.The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 300 species. [1] However, the genus is polyphyletic, and approximately only 10 percent of the described species are actually members of the Boletus sensu stricto clade (Singer's Boletus section Boletus, also known as the "Porcini Clade").
Species of mushroom producing fungi used as food source by slugs include milk-caps, Lactarius spp., the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus and the penny bun, Boletus edulis. Other species pertaining to different genera, such as Agaricus , Pleurocybella and Russula , are also eaten by slugs.
Common names include "penny bun" (Britain), "Cep" (France) and "Porcino" (Italy). Agaricus campestris, Agaricaceae Throughout the Northern Temperate Zone. In 1907 One was found in England which measured 4 feet 5 inches (135 centimetres) in circumference equivalent to a width of 17 inches (43 centimeters). [60] Weight not stated.
Boletus edulis, commonly known as penny bun, porcino or cep, is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus Boletus. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occur naturally in the Southern Hemisphere, although it has been introduced to southern Africa and New Zealand.
French mycologist Pierre Bulliard described Boletus aereus in 1789. [2] [3] The species epithet is the Latin adjective aerěus, meaning "made with bronze or copper".[4] [5] His countryman Lucien Quélet transferred the species to the now-obsolete genus Dictyopus in 1886, which resulted in the synonym Dictyopus aereus, [6] while René Maire reclassified it as a subspecies of B. edulis in 1937. [7]