Cep
Boletus edulis Bull.
A species in the family Boletaceae, order Boletales. Recorded under 72 common names across 19 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Boletus
What it is called
- English
- Cep, King Bolete, Penny Bun
- Swedish
- Karjohanssvamp, Karljohans svamp, karljohan
- Norwegian
- steinsopp, bu-sop, ku-sop
- Danish
- Spiselig rørhat, karl johan
- Finnish
- herkkutatti, keltaherkkutatti, koivunherkkutatti
- German
- Steinpilz
- French
- Cèpe, Cèpe de Bordeaux, Cèpe du Périgord
- Basque
- onddo ona, ondoak, onduak
- Catalan
- Siureny, Suroy, bolet de fay
- Chinese
- 美味牛肝菌
- Czech
- hřib březový, hřib smrkový, hřib smrkový citrónový
- Dutch
- Gewoon eekhoorntjesbrood
- Galician
- andoa, madeirudo
- Italian
- Porcini
- Japanese
- ナツヤマドリ, ヤマドリイグチ, ヤマドリタケ
- Northern Sami
- herskogusaguoppar
- Slovenian
- jesenski goban
- Spanish
- Calabaza, boleto comestible, faisán
- Welsh
- Wicsen Gron
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Boletus bulbosus Schaeff.
- Boletus citrinus A.Venturi
- Boletus clavipes (Peck) Pilát & Dermek
- Boletus elephantinus With.
- Boletus esculentus Pers.
- Boletus esculentus var. albus Pers.
- Boletus filiae Gillet, 1884
- Boletus persoonii Bon
- Boletus quercicola (Vassilkov) Singer
- Boletus reticulatus var. citrinus Hlaváček
- Boletus slovenicus Smotl.
- Boletus solidus Sowerby
- Boletus venturii Bon
- Ceriomyces crassus Battarra, 1775
- Dictyopus edulis (Bull.) Forq., 1890
- Gyrodon filiae (Gillet) Sacc., 1888
- Leccinum edule (Bull.) Gray
- Leccinum elephantinum (With.) Gray
- Suillus citrinus Kuntze
- Suillus edulis (Bull.) Lam.
- Suillus esculentus P.Micheli
- Tubiporus edulis (Bull.) P.Karst.
- Tubiporus edulis subsp. euedulis Maire
Others in Boletus
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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