1. Found in Northern Illinois
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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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Leccinellum crocipodium
Yellow pores stain browner. Cap flesh stains red/pinkish-gray. Pitted cap ages from blackish to yellow-brown, & often cracks/fissures w/age.
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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 cf. carpini
Brownish cap (lighter at the edge) wrinkles & pits w/age, sometimes cracking. Cap flesh stains reddish, slowly darkening to purple-brown. Likes hornbeam (a/k/a ironwood).
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Leccinum discolor
Whitish pores age to greenish yellow or olive-brown & bruise dark brown. White cap flesh stains pink to orange-brown, resolving to dark purple-brown or brown-black. Likes pine & aspen.
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Leccinum holopus (“Ghost Bolete”)
Grows in wetlands. White cap darkens w/age. White/buff/brown pores may stain yellow or brown. Firm whitish stem w/scabers that age from white to dark, & sometimes green stains by base.
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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.
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Leccinum luteum
Cap ages from pale yellow to olive-brown & from wrinkled to pitted to fissured. Likes hornbeam & ironwood. Flesh stains pinkish gray, resolving to brown.
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Leccinum piceinum (placeholder for spruce)
Dull orange cap. Likes spruce. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black, esp. by stem.
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Leccinum rugosiceps (“Wrinkled Bolete”)
Deeply wrinkled cap cracks w/age. Tiny yellow pores may have blue-green stains but either DNS or bruise a slow yellow-brown. Flesh slowly stains red, esp. where cap meets stem.
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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 snellii (“Snell’s Bolete”)
Dark brown-black, often mottled cap. White stem flesh stains pink high and blue-green low, often slowly, then slooowly darkens toward purple-gray or black.
