Boletes and allies

Boletales · 143 species · 14 families

In Québec, the order Boletales brings together 143 species of mushrooms, in 14 families. The stars? Painted Suillus, Common Earthball and Chicken Fat Mushroom, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 73 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie73
  2. Laurentides63
  3. Estrie56
  4. Capitale-Nationale55
  5. Outaouais55
  6. Lanaudière50
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean41
  8. Montréal41
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches40
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue37
  11. Mauricie35
  12. Nord-du-Québec28
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent27
  14. Côte-Nord27
  15. Centre-du-Québec23
  16. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine19
  17. Laval17

Boletes and allies 143

Boletales
Family
Painted Suillus304 observations
Common Earthball228 observations
Chicken Fat Mushroom191 observations
Ash Tree Bolete145 observations
Smoothish-stemmed bolete144 observations
Old Man Of The Woods143 observations
Chrome-footed Bolete139 observations
Bitter Bolete128 observations
Chippewa Bolete121 observations
Velvet Rollrim105 observations
Brown Roll Rim87 observations
Cornflower Bolete71 observations
Larch Bolete64 observations
False Chanterelle63 observations
Lilacbrown bolete57 observations
Ornate-stalked bolete56 observations
Red-mouth Bolete52 observations
Orange Oak Bolete51 observations
Peppery Bolete49 observations
Bay Bolete43 observations
Hollow-stalked Slippery Jack43 observations
Ghost Bolete39 observations
Brown Birch Bolete37 observations
Reddish brown bitter bolete34 observations
Red and yellow bolete32 observations
Larch Suillus28 observations
Leopard Earthball26 observations
Cep25 observations
Parasitic Bolete25 observations
Corrugated bolete23 observations
Spotted bolete21 observations
Slimy Spike21 observations
Mérule de Curtis21 observations
Butterball20 observations
Slippery Jack19 observations
Bolet rude des épicéas18 observations
Russell's Bolete18 observations
Weeping Bolete18 observations
Slippery Jill16 observations
Swamp slippery Jack15 observations
Red-cracking Bolete14 observations
Suede bolete13 observations
Slippery White Bolete13 observations
Chestnut Bolete13 observations
Bolet faux-chrysenteron12 observations
Bolet remarquable12 observations
Red Gyroporus12 observations
Blue-staining Slippery Jack11 observations