1. Found in the Pacific Northwest
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Leccinum versipelle (“Orange Birch Bolete”)
Orange cap ages to pinkish tan & has tissue bits on the edge. White cap flesh stains red (esp. by stem), resolving to purple- or blackish-gray.
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Leccinum vulpinum (placeholder for coniferous 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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Neoboletus luridiformis [auct. amer.] (“Dark Capped Scarletina”)
Think “Darker Capped discolor”. Yellow stem often has a red or orange-red zone in the middle, & blues when bruised. Blue-bruising yellow baby pores soon age to red. Yellow flesh quickly blues. Likes oak.
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Phylloporus arenicola
Has yellow gills instead of pores that DNS. Small (<2″) olive cap ages to olive-brown & then fades to buff-brown.
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Porphyrellus porphyrosporus (“Dusky Bolete”)
Dark brown stem, often w/white base that can smell of chlorine. Dark red- to black-brown pores stain green-blue but resolve to brown. Odd smell.
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Rubroboletus eastwoodiae (“Satan’s Bolete”)
Very large, bulbous, white-buff stem w/pinkish tints & reticulation. Everything blues. Cap has pinkish tones & often cracks in age.
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Rubroboletus haematinus
Blue-bruising red pores (yellow on babies) age to reddish-brown. Yellow cap flesh stains blue. Red netting on thick yellow stem, esp. at the top.
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Rubroboletus pulcherrimus (“Satan’s Bolete”)
Big, beefy mushroom w/red (dark, orange, or brownish) instantly-bluing pores. Blue-bruising reddish stem has red netting. Yellow, quick-bluing cap flesh.
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Suillellus amygdalinus
Red pores and yellow flesh stain blue instantly. Red or red-brown cap & yellow stem covered w/dark red granules both bruise blue.
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Suillus albivelatus
Viscid brown (from yellow to red) cap. White flesh ages toward yellow, esp. by the tubes, & may stain reddish. Buff pores age toward yellow or orangey.
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Suillus americanus (“Chicken Fat Suillus”)
Very viscid yellow cap, often w/red markings, stains fingers brown when handled. Grows under white pine. Yellow pores slowly stain reddish brown.
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Suillus ampliporus (“Hollow Stalked Larch Bolete”)
Dense hairs on brown cap make a velvety texture. Stem is hollow in the bottom half, yellow on the oft-netted upper part, & often has a ring. Pores are often huge & elongated.
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Suillus brevipes (“Short Stalked Bolete”)
Stem is so short (<2″) that the viscid brown (dark to cinnamon, fading w/age) cap can seem to be on the ground.
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Suillus brunnescens (“Western Slippery Jack”)
Viscid, oft-streaked white cap ages to yellow-, lilac- or dark-brown. White stem yellows on top w/age. Cap & stem base bruise red-brown, resolving to brown.
