Founder Aldo Gallino started the family tradition of processing Boletus Edulis in Liguria, northern Italy, in the 1930's.

The operation was relocated to southern Italy in 1948 and was run and managed by his son Lorenzo Gallino.

Aldo Gallino (jnr) was born in Italy in 1941 representing the third generation of a family involved in the mushroom industry. He worked at and managed one of the family’s factories in Italy until 1974 when he was invited to South Africa to evaluate the mushroom industry and decide if it was viable to set up an operation in the country.

The same year Boletus Mushrooms was registered as a South African closed corporation, found with the purpose of establishing a facility in the republic for the picking, the beneficiation and export of boletus edulis spontaneous mushrooms to Europe, United States of America and Far East.

In 1977 Aldo Gallino immigrated to South Africa where he now runs the business with the fourth generation, his two sons Lorenzo and Raffaele.

Boletus Mushrooms has a sister company namely Bolem 2 S.R.L, in Gorizia (NE Italy) also run by the Gallino family.

Patents
Founder Aldo Gallino patented the process and method of preserving mushrooms in brine in the Italy in the mid 1940’s. His system is still used today by Boletus Mushrooms.