1. Found in the Pacific Northwest
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Leccinum alaskanum
Found in Alaska. Dark brown to blackish, often mottled cap ages from velvety to slightly viscid. Whitish pores age to dull brown & bruise darker brown.
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Leccinum arbuticola
Brown/olive pores darken or stain pinkish-brown. White stem instantly stains blue & has spots that age to dark brown. Viscid-when-damp tan/brown cap may bruise blue, but white flesh stains red & then brown.
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Leccinum arctostaphylos
A favorite of Alaskan foragers. White-pink cap flesh slowly stains gray to pale bluish gray. Likes kinnikinnick at higher elevations or bearberry in the tundra.
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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.
Read moreLeccinum clavatum
Stem swells going down. White to pale pink-buff cap cracks & fissures when mature. White-buff pores stain brown.
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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.
Read moreLeccinum fallax
Whitish stem w/dark brown scabers swells to a bulb at the base. Stem flesh may have greenish-blue stains at base. White-buff pores bruise reddish brown. Likes conifers.
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Leccinum fibrillosum
Cap- and upper-stem flesh stain pink, then darken to dull purplish. Thick pepper-on-salt stem. Buff pores age to olive-brown, & stain brown. Likes conifers.
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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.
Read moreLeccinum idahoense
Viscid, dark brown, somewhat granular cap. White stem w/chili-red scabers that darken toward blackish by the 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 manzanitae (“Manzanita Bolete”)
White cap flesh slowly stains purple- or gray-brown. Whitish stem w/dense white scabers that darken w/age to red-black. Viscid red or red-brown cap.
Read moreLeccinum montanum
White-buff pores age to pale cinnamon-brown, & stain yellow- to dark-brown. Oft-pitted, buff-brown to gray-brown cap. White cap flesh rarely stains gray.
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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.
