porcino

American  

[pawr-chee-noh] / pɔrˈtʃi noʊ /

noun

Italian Cooking.

• porcini
  plural

1. Usually porcini cep.

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porcino British  

/ pɔːˈtʃiːnəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: cep. an edible saprotrophic basidiomycetous woodland fungus, Boletus edulis, with a brown shining cap covering white spore-bearing tubes and having a rich nutty flavour: family Boletineae

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• porcini
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of porcino

Italian, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

porcini

She couldn't remember "the specific purchase", but had previously bought a variety of mushrooms - shitake, porcini, enoki - from similar stores, she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025

Alta Adams’ chili crisp blends Fresno chiles smoked in-house and dehydrated, house-roasted peanuts, porcini mushroom powder and Ethiopian berbere spice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

In a fruitful season, common Washington mushrooms include chanterelles, boletus, morels, porcini, lobster mushrooms, Pacific Northwest matsutake and oyster mushrooms.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

“In May, spring porcini come up in Northern California, Oregon and Washington, and continue into June,” Mr. Blizzard said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

The reporter followed Angelo on a porcini mushroom hunt and then into a duck blind at dawn.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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