Forager Forecast

King boletes: forecast and season

Boletus edulis · California, Oregon, and Washington · updated Saturday, October 24

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King bolete in the field
King bolete. Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY, iNaturalist

Best counties this week

CountyStateThis weekChanceBest height
Pacific CountyWashingtonFruiting73%0 to 1,000 ft
Clatsop CountyOregonFruiting72%0 to 1,000 ft
Tillamook CountyOregonFruiting70%0 to 1,000 ft
Wahkiakum CountyWashingtonFruiting70%0 to 1,000 ft
Grays Harbor CountyWashingtonFruiting70%0 to 1,000 ft
Jefferson CountyWashingtonFruiting67%0 to 1,000 ft
Clallam CountyWashingtonFruiting65%0 to 1,000 ft
Kitsap CountyWashingtonFruiting63%0 to 1,000 ft
Mason CountyWashingtonFruiting63%0 to 1,000 ft
Lincoln CountyOregonFruiting61%0 to 1,000 ft

When they fruit

California

Most often from August to January; most finds 60 to 9,230 ft.

TodayONDJFMAMJJASCalifornia by county

Oregon

Most often from September to November; most finds 20 to 5,370 ft.

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Washington

Most often from July to October; most finds 90 to 5,480 ft.

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King boletes follow each place's usual calendar, because a rain shift didn't hold up on recent seasons.

Safety

Look-alikes: bitter and Satan's boletes, on Forage Calendar.

Never eat a wild mushroom you haven't identified with certainty.

About the data

Learned from 1,301 iNaturalist finds; on held-back finds the shading covered 86% of them, against 23% of other fungi (how it works).

Season questions

When is king bolete season in California?

Most often from August to January.

When is king bolete season in Oregon?

Most often from September to November.

When is king bolete season in Washington?

Most often from July to October.