Tag Archives: King Boletes

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Catherine Miller and Jill Nussinow went out looking for one of the most delicious edible mushrooms a few days ago, and they found some beauties! Boletus edulis, aka Porcini, have made their most welcome appearance. See the joy on Catherine's face!

Catherine told me there were no bugs in these boletes. Lots of critters enjoy munching on these particular mushrooms, including many of us.

Thanks to Jill for allowing me to share her photo with you here. Jill is also known as the Veggie Queen. You can learn more about her, and her plant based meals, on her website: https://www.theveggiequeen.com/

It is lightly raining today. Monday and Tuesday are forecast to be clear. Then the rains are predicted to be heavy on Wednesday and continue through the weekend. We'll be on watch to see which day the Gualala River breaches the big sandbar, always a dramatic event. And seasonal creeks are sure to come to life, as their year-round ponds have been filling from previous rain events. They are primed, just like the river! Here's a photo I took on Friday of the Gualala River.

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Suzy and Maggie Rudy had a good day hunting the choice, edible King Boletes. They lined them up in a row - all fourteen of them - and Maggie took this photo.

King Boletes are also called Porcini. Delicious!

Remember, when picking wild mushrooms, to gather them in a open-weave basket, not a plastic bag. This way you will be helping disseminate the spores of the mushrooms.

Thanks to Maggie for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

It's been mild today with no wind, temps in the 60s. Clouds are pouring in and rain is predicted tomorrow, Friday. I've recorded 4.05 inches of rain so far this season.

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Lisa Quagliaroli and Frank Spurlock recently were out looking for King Boletes, also called Porcini. They found a nice haul of these delicious, edible mushrooms.

Lisa said the "babies," the smaller boletes, were well below the duff.  She said it's as if they are so eager to grow, they are muscling each other out of the way.

Thanks to Lisa for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Clouds have been thickening and it's just beginning to rain. A "moderate" river of rain is set to hit the Mendonoma Coast. Batten down the hatches!

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Matsutakes, a prized edible mushroom, are up. Alex Kun found a nice haul on the Sonoma coast.

Rick and I found some too, near our place in Anchor Bay. They come up in the same place, year after year. They grow in sandy soil and they smell like cinnamon.

King Boletes, Boletus edulis, another choice edible, are also still appearing. Remi Alexander photographed Patrick Hillscan with two nice mushrooms.

This morning Rick and I found two big Boletes growing on our land. It's rather puzzling with the dry, low humidity weather we've been having. We did receive over nine inches of rain in November, and that was apparently enough for the 'shrooms!

Cece Case photographed two beautiful Coral mushrooms.

Some Coral mushrooms are edible, but I just like to enjoy their beauty where they grow.With more rain, we should be seeing many more of these intricate fungi in the forest. No rain is  predicted until the 20th.

Thanks to Alex, Remi and Cece for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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Just look at this beautiful sky! Taken from our deck in Anchor Bay this morning.

 

This second photo shows sunbeams on the Pacific Ocean, called God's rays. This was taken this afternoon.

 

 

Yes, we have a storm on the way. The first edible mushrooms have appeared. Boletus edulis, King Boletes, have been found by a few lucky foragers. Many more to come, we hope!