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Butyriboletus 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. (Almost certainly a Caloboletus).
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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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Butyriboletus taughannockensis (“Igor’s Bolete”)
The butter bolete that does not bruise blue. Brown, often wavy cap fades w/age & can grow spotted in age. Yellow stem w/fine, oft-raised netting. Likes oak.
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Caloboletus calopus
Bitter flesh stains quickly blue. Red stem is very netted, browner low, & yellow by the pores. Yellow pores age darker & quickly blue. Likes hemlock.
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Caloboletus firmus (“Piedmont Bolete”)
Dense, firm, pale yellow cap flesh blues, sometimes slowly, and tastes mildly bitter. Red-orange pores stain blue. White-tan-gray stem, usually w/red netting, bruises olive-brown.
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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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Chalciporus piperatoides
Slow, acrid flavor. Pinkish to yellowish buff-brown flesh, usually blues esp. by the tubes. Yellow pores age to cinnamon & stain blackish blue. Bright yellow mycelium.
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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 pseudorubinellus
Bright rose-red pores age to orange or yellow-brown. Yellow or pinkish, viscid-when-wet cap ages to pink-cinnamon. Pale yellow flesh DNS. Yellow mycelium.
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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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Gastroleccinum scabrosum
Yellow stem pales going down & is coated w/yellow- to orange-brown scabers. Dingy lemon-yellow pores age toward olive-yellow, & bruise brownish to blackish.
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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.”
