ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST
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Butyriboletus pulchriceps
Smells nutty sweet. Pale pink cap darkens by edge & often cracks. Well but delicately netted, lighter-than-cap colored stem. Found in Arizona. Likes oak.
Read moreCaloboletus rubripes (“Western Bitter Bolete”)
Pale cap flesh blues instantly, tastes bitter & often smells bad. Yellow pores blue instantly. Buff to olive- or gray-brown cap bruises brown & often cracks & fissures w/age.
Read moreChalciporus 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).
Read moreExsudoporus 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.
Read moreGyroporus 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.”
Read moreGyroporus 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.
Read moreHarrya chromapes (“Chrome Footed Bolete”)
White/pink stem has a bright yellow foot, w/ pink-rose dots or scabers. Rose/pink cap fades tannish w/age & can be slightly viscid.
Read moreHemileccinum rubropunctum (“Ashtray Bolete”)
Smallish (<3″) liver- to red-brown cap is usually furrowed or wrinkled. Usually has an unpleasant “ash tray” smell, but not always. Buff-yellow stem w/oft-raised reddish dots/spots.
Read moreHortiboletus rubellus
Bright yellow cap flesh slowly stains bluish-green, while stem flesh stains blue/green on top & orange by the base. Very deep yellow pores stain blue/green.
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 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 barrowsii
Found only in Santa Clara Canyon near Santa Fe, NM. Pale rose pink cap ages to grayish white. Inconspicuous white scabers on stem dry to dark gray. Likes conifers.
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.
Read moreLeccinum 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.