5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians
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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 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 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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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 subglabripes
Think hortonii with a smooth or barely-wrinkled red-brown cap. Cap flesh may taste slightly acidic, & may blue, but rarely.
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Hortiboletus campestris (“Field Bolete”)
Found in lawns and roadsides. Yellow stem- & paler cap-flesh both stain greenish blue. Yellow pores age to greenish- or olive-yellow. Never gets bigger than 1-1/2″ across.
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Imleria badia (“Bay Bolete”)
Bay-brown cap, often flat or convex. Yellow pores may age greenish, bruise blue/gray green, & are depressed by stem. White cap flesh may bruise pink or blue but only by the tubes.
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Imleria pallida (“Pallid Bolete”)
White cap browns with age. White pores age yellow to greenish-yellow and bruise an odd gray-green that fades to grayish brown.
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Lanmaoa pseudosensibilis
Yellow pores age brownish & bruise blue before slowly fading to brown. Yellow flesh stains blue.
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Leccinellum albellum
White/buff/pink/gray cap is usually quite wrinkled, a bit pointy, & cracks/fissures w/ age. Pores are notably depressed at the skinny stem.
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Leccinum aurantiacum (placeholder for deciduous mates)
Bright orange/red cap. White pores age toward brown, & stain brown or red-brown. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black.
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Leccinum insigne (placeholder for birch/aspen mates)
Brown-on-white scaber stem. White pores age to yellow-brown & DNS. White cap flesh stains purple-gray & resolves black – no red stage. Likes aspen & birch.
