Boletus badius

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ibay bolete

B. badius under beech & oak
Havré (Belgium) - October 2005

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Homobasidiomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Boletus
Species:	B. badius

Binomial name

Boletus badius
Fr. (1832)

boletus badius mycological characteristics:	?
Image:Pores icon.png pores on hymenium
Image:Convex cap icon.png cap is convex
Image:Adnate gills icon2.png hymenium is adnate
Image:Bare stipe icon.png stipe is bare
Image:Olive spore print icon.png spore print is olive
Image:Mycorrhizal ecology icon.png ecology is mycorrhizal
Image:Edible toxicity icon.png edibility: edible

The Bay bolete, Boletus (formerly Xerocomus) badius, is a common edible pored mushroom from Europe and North America. Often considered a poor relation of the Cep (Boletus edulis), it is nevertheless highly regarded by some authors such as Antonio Carluccio.<ref name = "Carluccio03">Carluccio A (2003). The Complete Mushroom Book. Quadrille. ISBN 1-844000-40-0.</ref>

[edit] Description

It derives its common name from the bay or chestnut coloured cap, which is almost spherical in young specimens before broadening and flattening out to 18 cm. The pores are cream to pale yellow, but stain blue when bruised or cut. The flesh is white and stains pale blue, the stem is up to 12.5 cm and similar in colour to the cap but paler. It appears less affected by maggots than other boletes.<ref name = "Ultimatemush">Jordan P & Wheeler S (2001). The Ultimate Mushroom Book. Hermes House. ISBN.</ref>

[edit] Distribution and habitat

The Bay Bolete is common in mixed woodlands in Europe and North America from Eastern Canada west to Minnesota and south to North Carolina in autumn.<ref name = "Phillips91">Phillips R (1991). Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown & Co.. ISBN.</ref>