Penny Bun in Sogn og Fjordane: the week ahead

Boletus edulis

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.

Today

Penny Bun
Starting

confidence 50%

Flush phase

  1. Quiet
  2. Starting
  3. Building
  4. Peak
  5. Fading

Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST

7 days

Index, day by day

Week's best 31on Sundayaverage 25by the weekend falling

Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».

  1. Today2918 Sept
  2. Sat2919 Sept
  3. Sun3120 Sept
  4. Mon2321 Sept
  5. Tue2122 Sept
  6. Wed2223 Sept
  7. Thu2224 Sept

Map

Where to look: penny bun

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.

About the species. A highly prized edible bolete when correctly identified and cooked. The flesh of Penny Bun normally stays white when cut. Any specimen that shows strong blueing or other unexpected colour changes should be checked carefully rather than assumed to be this species. Avoid polluted collecting sites.

Penny Bun in Sogn og Fjordane: where to look

Penny Bun — botanical illustration

Penny Bun: the species in brief

How to tell it

A heavy, solid bolete with a brown cap and a thick stem. Near the top of the stem is a pale, raised net-like pattern. The pores are white when young, then become yellowish and finally olive with age.

Where it grows

With pine, spruce, oak, beech and other host trees, in woodland and along rides and clearings. Widespread across Europe.

In the kitchen

Excellent fried and especially good dried. Drying concentrates its aroma, which is why dried porcini are widely used in stocks, sauces and risotto.

Nutrition

Around 30 kcal per 100 g fresh is a useful rough guide, but values vary. Drying greatly concentrates both nutrients and calories.

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.

Penny Bun 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.