Boletes
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Leccinum scabrum (“Birch Bolete”)
Classic salt & pepper stem often has blue-green stains by base. Whitish pores age to gray-brown & may stain slowly yellow.
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Leccinum variicolor (“Mottled Bolete”)
Dark brown-black, often mottled cap. White stem flesh stains pink high and blue-green low, often faintly & slowly. Salt & pepper stem. White or buff pores bruise slowly brown.
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Leccinum vulpinum (placeholder for coniferous mates)
Bright orange/red cap. White pores age toward brown, & stain brown or red-brown. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black.
Read more![Neoboletus discolor [auct. amer.] ("Scarletina")](https://boletes.wpamushroomclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Boletus-discolor-Terry-Stoleson-300x300.jpg)
Neoboletus discolor [auct. amer.] (“Scarletina”)
Yellow/red cap bruises black. Yellow baby pores age to bright red & blue instantly. Yellow flesh blues instantly. Hugely variable yellow stem bruises blue-black.
Read more![Neoboletus luridiformis [auct. amer.] ("Dark Capped Scarletina")](https://boletes.wpamushroomclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Neoboletus-luridiformis-Bill-Yule-1-300x300.jpg)
Neoboletus luridiformis [auct. amer.] (“Dark Capped Scarletina”)
Think “Darker Capped discolor”. Yellow stem often has a red or orange-red zone in the middle, & blues when bruised. Blue-bruising yellow baby pores soon age to red. Yellow flesh quickly blues. Likes oak.
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Neoboletus pseudosulphureus
Bright yellow cap ages red/browner & bruises blue-black. Bright yellow flesh & pores blue quickly, w/pores resolving to brown. Stem flesh is dark red by the base, which blues faster.
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Neoboletus subvelutipes (“Red Mouth Bolete”)
Red/brown/orange pores instantly stain blue, as does the bright yellow flesh. Blue-staining red/yellow stem has no netting, and may have velvety hairs at the base.
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Phylloporus leucomycelinus (“Gilled Bolete”)
Has gills instead of pores, which DNS. White mycelium. Dark red to reddish- or chestnut brown cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (“Gilled Bolete”)
Has gills instead of pores, which DNS. Yellow mycelium. Variable (reddish-yellow, red, dark red, red-brown, to olive-brown) cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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Phylloporus rhodoxanthus ssp. foliiporus (“Bluing Gilled Bolete”)
Has gills instead of pores. Gills bruise blue. Yellow mycelium. Cinnamon- to dark-brown cap.
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Porphyrellus porphyrosporus (“Dusky Bolete”)
Dark brown stem, often w/white base that can smell of chlorine. Dark red- to black-brown pores stain green-blue but resolve to brown. Odd smell.
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Porphyrellus sordidus
Gray- to dark-brown, oft-cracked cap. White cap flesh stains blue-green, sometimes w/reddish tints, & can taste pungent and/or smell unpleasant.
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Pseudoboletus parasiticus (“Parasitic Bolete”)
Grows on the Poison Pigskin Puffball. Yellow/brown pores may stain reddish.
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Pseudomerulius curtisii
Bolete or polypore? Grows shelf-like (no stem) on decaying wood (esp. hemlock & pine). Strongly veined, wavy, orange-yellow pores bruise darker orange.
