Qualche micologo è arrivato a farne dodici specie diverse, discriminando a seconda degli ambienti di nascita, gli alberi simbionti, i caratteri microscopici e macroscopici (forma, colorazione e proporzioni del corpo fruttifero).
Ma le specie codificate dalla micologia corrente e che gli esperti sono in grado di riconoscere a prima vista per le loro caratteristiche esteriori chiaramente diverse, sono quattro:
Boletus edulis, Bulliard: Fries
Nomi popolari: brisa, bastardo, fungo di macchia, moccicone, settembrino
Boletus aereus, Bulliard: Fries
Nomi popolari: bronzino, fungo nero, fungo di scopa, moreccio, scopino, reale (Sardegna)
Boletus aestivalis (ex reticulatus), (Paulet) Fries
Nomi popolari: ceppatello, estatino, fungo bianco, stataiolo, porcino d’estate
Boletus pinophilus (ex pinicola), Pilát & Dermek
Nomi popolari: capo rosso, fungo da freddo, porcino dei pini.
Porcino is the common name of some species of mushrooms of the genus Boletus, often attributed, also as a commodity name, to four species of bolete (the Edules section of the genus Boletus) belonging to the Boletus edulis and having vaguely similar morphological and organoleptic characteristics.
Some mycologist has come to make twelve different species, discriminating according to the environments of birth, the symbiotic trees, the microscopic and macroscopic characters (shape, coloring and proportions of the fruiting body).
But the species codified by the current mycology and that the experts are able to recognize at first sight for their clearly different exterior characteristics, are four:
Boletus edulis, Bulliard: Fries
Popular names: brisa, bastardo, macchia fungus, moccicone, september
Boletus aereus, Bulliard: Fries
Popular names: bronzino, black fungus, broom mushroom, moreccio, scopino, reale (Sardinia)
Boletus aestivalis (ex reticulatus), (Paulet) Fries
Popular names: ceppatello, estatino, fungus bianco, statoiolo, porcino in summer
Boletus pinophilus (formerly pinicola), Pilát & Dermek
Popular names: red head, cold mushroom, porcino dei pini.
