ZONE 3- the FAR WEST
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Gastroboletus ruber
Cap-colored, all-but-missing stem. Pale yellow cap flesh quickly blues. Irregular & uneven, reddish pores bruise blue.
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Gastroboletus turbinatus
Short, stubby, yellow-red stem stains blue. Wrinkled & pitted, yellow- to red-brown cap. Yellow, orange, or red pores quickly blue. Often grows in fused clusters.
Read moreGastroboletus xerocomoides
Stunted, irregularly shaped, olive-yellow to pale olive-brown cap often cracks. White cap flesh stains brown in some parts & blue in others.
Read moreGastrosuillus imbellus
Yellow, brown-staining pores w/in a yellow-brown membrane. Cap flesh smells pungent, tastes bitter, & may stain blue. Short stem w/dark brown dots.
Read moreGastrosuillus suilloides
Stem often stunted. Greenish- to olive-yellow pores are covered by a membrane. Stem & cap both buff to brown. Nothing stains.
Read moreGyrodon lividus
Yellow pores bruise dingy reddish brown.Variable-colored, oft-tacky cap ages darker & slowly bruises reddish-brown. Likes alder.
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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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Hemileccinum subglabripes
Think hortonii with a smooth or barely-wrinkled red-brown cap. Cap flesh may taste slightly acidic, & may blue, but rarely.
Read moreLeccinum aeneum
Found in the California Sierra Nevadas. White cap flesh slowly stains purplish-gray or -brown, & stem flesh stains green by base. Likes manzanita, bearberry, & their relatives.
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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.
Read moreLeccinum 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.
Read moreLeccinum armeniacum (“Apricot Bolete”)
Cap is apricot-orange. Pores stain an odd lilac or flesh color. Stem is white with spots. Likes madrone.
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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.