Weeping Bolete in Essex: the week ahead
Suillus granulatus
The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
Flush phase
- Quiet
- Starting
- Building
- Peak
- Fading
Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST
7 days
Index, day by day
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Numbers are taken at the measurement point nearest the centre of the region — a real calculation at one place, not an average over the area.
Map
Where to look: weeping bolete
A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
Weeping Bolete in Essex: where to look
Weeping Bolete: the species in brief
How to tell it
A yellow-brown to orange-brown cap that is sticky in wet weather. The pores are yellow and young specimens may produce small milky droplets. The stem has no ring.
Where it grows
Closely associated with pine, especially in plantations, heaths and woodland edges.
In the kitchen
Young caps are best. They can be fried or preserved, and many cooks peel the sticky skin first.
Nutrition
Low in calories with small amounts of protein and minerals.
This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →
What else is out here now
The other species in this region, by today's index.
Weeping Bolete in neighbouring regions
A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.