Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Boletus edulis Bull.
Synonyms: Boletus crassus
Boletus edulis f. laevipes
Common Name: Cep
An ectomycorrhizal species
Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents and see a map of that square. These maps are hosted on the Flora of Northern Ireland website, also part of the CEDaR network, with permission of Ordnance Survey NI. View the copyright statement here.

View this data on the NBN Gateway What does this mean?
This distribution map was produced using DMap
Boletus edulisPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © Darren Brown Photographer: © Dubravko Zemcak Photographer: © Darren Brown Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © Peter Lyons
Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page. Or you could try a Polish website that is a directory of images of fungi on the web. Click here
View this species in its UK context on the BMS Database
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (135)
Quercus (64)
Pinus sylvestris (12)
Picea sitchensis (8)
Betula pendula (6)
Pinus (4)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (4)
Tilia (4)
Abies alba (2)
Abies procera (2)
Beech (2)
Pinus contorta (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (2)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (36)
Woodland: mixed (24)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (13)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (10)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (9)
Woodland: broadleaved (5)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Other artificial habitats (4)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: plantation (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland (2)
Neutral grassland (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (73)
Soil Mossy (20)
Soil Grassy (16)
Soil Leaves (10)
Soil bare (6)
Soil Needle (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
June (1)
July (3)
August (11)
September (47)
October (70)
November (33)
December (2)