Mushroom hunting is in many places an important forest ecosystem and recreational service, sometimes even an important branch of forestry, which may offer significant income if conditions are suitable, often higher than the value of annual wood yield. In the study, we studied the yields of porcini (Boletus edulis) and summer cep (Boletus reticulatus). The research area represented forests on the hill Srebotnik in the forest management unit Celje. In 2020, number and mass of fruitbodies were sampled on 20 temporary sample plots (100 m2), which were placed in stands on silicate (12 plots) and limestone parent material (8 plots). The 2020 annual yield per hectar of fruitbodies of both species was 51,07 kg ha-1, and the yield was higher in the stand on limestone. The number of porcini fruitbodies prevailed with a ratio of 1 : 3.5. Most fruitbodies of porcini were found in pure spruce stands, while summer cep fruitbodies were found only in mixed stands with sessile oak and/or sweet chestnut. The market value of the fruitbodies of both mushrooms was estimated at 766 ± 44 €/ha and was lower than the estimated value of the annual yield of wood (998 ± 304 €/ha). The lower annual yield of mushroom fruitbodies may be a consequence of adverse weather conditions, high intensity of forest management and the large number of recreational trails in the vicinity of sampling plots, and therefore the increased activity of mushroom pickers. The estimated value of potential annual fruitbodies yield of all marketable fungi species that potentially thrive in the research area would be higher than the value of annual yield of wood.
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