Boletes
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Gastrosuillus laricinus
Yellow, brown-staining pores w/in a yellow-brown membrane. Stem flesh yellow at the top, darkening through orange into brownish at the bottom.
Read moreGastrosuillus suilloides
Stem often stunted. Greenish- to olive-yellow pores are covered by a membrane. Stem & cap both buff to brown. Nothing stains.
Read moreGyrodon lividus
Yellow pores bruise dingy reddish brown.Variable-colored, oft-tacky cap ages darker & slowly bruises reddish-brown. Likes alder.
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Gyroporus borealis and smithii, f/k/a castaneus (“Chestnut Bolete”)
Stem stuffed with “cotton” & hollow when old. Flesh is hard and brittle. Brown cap edges often split & flare w/age.
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Gyroporus cyanescens (“Bluing Bolete”)
Brittle white cap flesh (dark brown zone by skin) stains indigo blue, resolving to creamy buff. Stem flesh blues stronger. Cap-colored stem is hollow & stuffed with “cotton.”
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Gyroporus phaeocyanescens
White cap flesh w/dark brown zone by the skin, stains indigo blue, sometimes erratically, resolving to creamy buff. Stem flesh blues stronger. A southern species.
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Gyroporus purpurinus (“Red Gyroporus”)
Brittle cap flesh DNS. Deep burgundy red cap may crack w/age & fades from margin in. Stem hollows w/age. Whitish pores yellow w/age & DNS.
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Gyroporus subalbellus
Cap varies in color, flattens w/age, & darkens brown when handled. Hollow stem. Whitish pores age yellower & slowly stain pinkish-cinnamon.
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Gyroporus umbrinisquamosus
Brittle white cap flesh DNS. Buff-, yellow- to reddish-brown cap. Buff or yellow pores darken w/age & DNS. Buff stem ages hollow.
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Harrya chromapes (“Chrome Footed Bolete”)
White/pink stem has a bright yellow foot, w/ pink-rose dots or scabers. Rose/pink cap fades tannish w/age & can be slightly viscid.
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Hemileccinum floridanum
“Hi, I’m an undistinctive southern bolete.” Reddish brown cap skin may taste acidic. White flesh may be pinkish-red by the cap skin, & slowly stains yellow from the cap edge in & stem top down.
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Hemileccinum hortonii (“Corrugated Bolete”)
Heavily corrugated red/brown/tan cap. Nice, dense texture. Yellow pores may blue slowly & erratically, & darken w/age.
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Hemileccinum rubropunctum (“Ashtray Bolete”)
Smallish (<3″) liver- to red-brown cap is usually furrowed or wrinkled. Usually has an unpleasant “ash tray” smell, but not always. Buff-yellow stem w/oft-raised reddish dots/spots.
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Hemileccinum subglabripes
Think hortonii with a smooth or barely-wrinkled red-brown cap. Cap flesh may taste slightly acidic, & may blue, but rarely.
