Observations in the Species: Boletus edulis
English Name: Cep or Penny Bun
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Observed on: 11th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 28th January 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 5th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 22nd November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 23rd September 2006
Added to iSpot: 18th November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd September 2011
Added to iSpot: 13th November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Observed on: 8th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 11th November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: About a dozen fruitbodies beneath spruce trees, the largest cap was 12cm across with white pores.
Location: 2, DorsetLat/Lng: 50.7028, -2.292
OS grid ref: SY794892
Close Observed on: 1st August 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Growing in young Birch plantation, fly agaric nearby.
Observed on: 22nd October 2012
Added to iSpot: 23rd October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 29th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 11th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: At the edge of a path through birch and scots pine woodland
Observed on: 5th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 5th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: Huge, but well gone over
By: miked

Observed on: 4th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 6th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: well past its useby date. bit of a shame that the boletes and cortinarius in this area were all well past their best, all except this one just rotting heaps.
By: hydrurga

Observed on: 11th November 2011
Added to iSpot: 30th July 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
Description: 1 comment.
By: keithphotos.evans
Observed on: 26th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: growing on floor in conifer wood with the odd silver birch about high in the hills above llangollen wales
Observed on: 20th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 20th December 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Fungus with brown top and yellowish pores.
Observed on: 3rd December 2011
Added to iSpot: 11th December 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 4
Description: Solitary under Pine very big closest I could get was Boletus aestivalis,flesh white firm and unchanging cap dull brown quite has been nibbled by something.I have seen the common name so my confidence is a might seeing it was December
By: mellow78


Observed on: 7th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 8th December 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 5th December 2011
Added to iSpot: 5th December 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Seen on today's Exploring Nature walk at Culpepper's Dish, Dorset. See http://www.dorsetwalks.com for dates of forthcoming walks.
By: miked

Observed on: 19th November 2011
Added to iSpot: 19th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Forget that Autumnwatch large spider competition, how about these for massive mushrooms. Cap at least 30cm across, just the stem more than 8cm diameter. Unfortunately someone or their dog had attacked them and been uprooted. Probably weighed a considerable amount too.
By: miked

Observed on: 13th November 2011
Added to iSpot: 13th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Mangaged to escape the pigs on pannage
By: phowson


Observed on: 13th November 2011
Added to iSpot: 13th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 11th October 2011
Added to iSpot: 11th October 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Observed on: 21st September 2011
Added to iSpot: 21st September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Description: Growing under a pine tree
By: miked

Observed on: 15th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 18th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th September 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Description: Mixed woodland. Flesh bruised greeny-yellow
Observed on: 18th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 5
Description: Coniferous woodland. Flesh bruised purple.
Location: BarrLat/Lng: 55.20698, -4.68438
OS grid ref: NX292935
Close Observed on: 3rd September 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 17th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 17th September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Size 7 wellington boot for comparison
Observed on: 17th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 17th September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: mixed woodland
Observed on: 3rd September 2011
Added to iSpot: 3rd September 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 4
By: basillangham
Observed on: 28th August 2010
Added to iSpot: 31st August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 30th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: Growing in pine litter, high on Dartmoor
By: Angusranger


Observed on: 26th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 27th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Observed on: 21st August 2011
Added to iSpot: 21st August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
Description: Growing in pine litter, high on Dartmoor
Observed on: 29th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 19th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Description: One standing proud in scot's pine wood ,young specimen in nice condition.
By: Jon-s

Observed on: 8th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 11th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 4th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 1
Description: Found right at the edge of pine woodland.
Observed on: 31st July 2011
Added to iSpot: 1st August 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
By: arcadia58
Location: 29-33, North York Moors National ParkLat/Lng: 54.4687, -0.9346
OS grid ref: NZ691086
Observed in Danby forest North Yorkshire never seen before. The forest is covered in fungi at the moment is this unusual this time of the year
Close Observed on: 28th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 29th July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: 6 inches high, cap 3 inches across dark reddish brown. Stem bulbous and veined wider at it's base than the cap.
Observed on: 22nd July 2011
Added to iSpot: 23rd July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: All found on the edge of pine tree wood, some growing on pine needle litter.
By: Julie Hogg
Observed on: 18th August 2010
Added to iSpot: 1st July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: Along side of Dava Way, Grantown on Spey
By: New Forest Walker

Observed on: 21st September 2010
Added to iSpot: 7th February 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Found in grass on the edge of a small stand of holly trees in the middle of heather heathland. Approximately 3 inches high.
Observed on: 1st November 2010
Added to iSpot: 4th January 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 3
By: minikerry

Observed on: 15th October 2010
Added to iSpot: 4th November 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Location: Dunwich Lat/Lng: 52.290454, 1.623264
OS grid ref: TM471719
Forest Rides
Close Observed on: 29th October 2010
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2010
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: Porcavin
Observed on: 20th October 2010
Added to iSpot: 29th October 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
By: Percy_Veer

Observed on: 5th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 23rd October 2010
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 1
Comments: 5
Description: Close to conifers, specifically Scots Pine
By: doctornathancal...
Observed on: 7th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 19th October 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: RPWinston


Observed on: 15th October 2010
Added to iSpot: 18th October 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: Alex P
Observed on: 19th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 8th October 2010
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: I woul be very interested in what these boletus are. Do let me know what you think.
Observed on: 12th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 25th September 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: The New Forest was full of fungi and people gathering them. In one particular area, there were lots of cep stalks where people had gathered them, luckily they missed this one.
Species with which Cep or Penny Bun (Boletus edulis) interacts