The Book of Fungi by Peter Roberts

Author:Peter Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

HEIGHT Up to 9 in (225 mm)

CAP DIAMETER Up to 8 in (200 mm)

FAMILY

Boletaceae

DISTRIBUTION

North America, Europe, North Africa, Central America, northern Asia; introduced in South Africa, South America, and New Zealand

HABITAT

In woodland

ASSOCIATION

Ectomycorrhizal, with broadleaf trees or conifers

GROWTH FORM

On ground, singly or in small groups

ABUNDANCE

Common

SPORE COLOR

Olive-brown

EDIBILITY

Edible

Often the shape and color of an old-fashioned penny loaf when young, the Cep—also known as the Porcini or the Penny Bun—is one of the best-known edible fungi. Since it is an ectomycorrhizal species, fruitbodies cannot be cultivated, but are widely collected on a commercial scale. Though apparently widespread (as well as being introduced with exotic trees in South Africa and New Zealand), the Cep is part of a complex of closely related species and its true distribution is uncertain. Bizarrely, the Cep contains amatoxins (the same compound found in the Death Cap, Amanita phalloides), but in such low quantities as to cause no reported ill effects.

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