1. Found in Connecticut
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Buchwaldoboletus lignicola (“Wood Bolete”)
Grows on wood (usually pine), not ground. Loose cap skin may even move, & may crack w/age. Yellow pores age to brownish & bruise greenish blue.
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Butyriboletus brunneus
Brown (reddish, yellow, or olive) cap. Yellow pores & pale yellow flesh blue quickly. Well-netted stem yellow above & pink to purple by base. Early season and late season.
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Butyriboletus roseopurpureus
All yellow except the pink/purple cap. Yellow flesh blues quickly (fading to slate), smells fragrant, & tastes of sour lemon.
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Caloboletus inedulis
Bitter, whitish-yellow cap flesh stains blue. Yellow pores darken w/age & stain blue. Netted stem is yellow on top, red going down, w/dark-staining base.
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Caloboletus peckii
Pale cap flesh w/red larval tunnels, blues slightly, & tastes sour or bitter. Yellow pores stain blue but resolve brown. Red & yellow netted stem.
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Caloboletus roseipes (“Rosy Foot Bolete”)
Pale cap flesh tastes bitter & stains blue. Blue-staining stem is clean yellow at the top. Yellow pores age brownish & stain blue.
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Chalciporus piperatus (“Peppery Bolete”)
Harsh, acrid peppery flavor. Bright yellow mycelium. Yellow cap flesh ages to dingy purple. Pores may stain brown (blue/black bruising = piperatoides).
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Chalciporus rubinellus
Bright yellow flesh DNS. Reddish cap yellows & cracks w/age, never more than 2″ across. Rose-red or -pink pores.
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Cyanoboletus cyaneitinctus
Quick-bluing stem flesh is yellow high & brown at the base. Yellow pores and stem (gets redder going down) bruise blue but resolve to brown.
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Exsudoporus frostii (“Candy Apple Bolete”)
Candy-apple red (sometimes duller) cap, pores, and stem. Viscid cap. Pores & flesh bruise blue. Stem has coarse, raised netting. Sour taste. Likes oak.
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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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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 hortonii (“Corrugated Bolete”)
Heavily corrugated red/brown/tan cap. Nice, dense texture. Yellow pores may blue slowly & erratically, & darken w/age.
