Magickal Correspondence of the Penny Bun

Boletus edulis (the king bolete, porcini, penny bun mushroom)

Magickal Correspondences of Boletus edulis (Porcini / Penny Bun)

🍄‍🟫 Element: Earth

🍄‍🟫 Planet: Jupiter (abundance, growth, prosperity)

🍄‍🟫 Zodiac: Taurus & Cancer (nurturing, stability, fertility)

🍄‍🟫 Gender: Masculine

Symbolism & Energetic Qualities

🍄‍🟫 Prosperity & Wealth – As a prized edible mushroom, it symbolizes luck, harvest, and financial gain.

🍄‍🟫 Fertility & Growth – Its thick, fleshy fruiting body and symbiosis with trees align it with fertility, family blessings, and the interconnectedness of life.

🍄‍🟫 Grounding & Stability – Brings balance, steadiness, and connection to the land.

🍄‍🟫 Ancestral Blessings – Long gathered by foragers, it ties into folk traditions, rural wisdom, and the blessings of the forest spirits.

🍄‍🟫 Luck in Journeys – In some European folk belief, finding a porcini while foraging is considered a good omen of guidance and fortune.

Magickal Uses

🍄‍🟫 Prosperity Charms: Dried slices carried in a pouch for wealth and steady income.

🍄‍🟫 Kitchen Witchery: Cooked and shared in meals to bring family closeness, abundance, and good health.

🍄‍🟫 Offerings: Left at the roots of trees for nature spirits, fae, or forest deities.

🍄‍🟫 Earth Magick: Incorporated into spell jars or ground into powders to strengthen workings for stability and growth.

🍄‍🟫 Harvest Rituals: Symbol of gratitude to the land, useful in autumn festivals or offerings to ancestors.

However you decide to use these mushrooms don’t forget to forage them with respect and gratitude, be 100% sure of your ID and don’t take more than you need. Don’t forget to leave an offering.

Happy Hunting