ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST
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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 subvelutipes (“Red Mouth Bolete”)
Red/brown/orange pores instantly stain blue, as does the bright yellow flesh. Blue-staining red/yellow stem has no netting, and may have velvety hairs at the base.
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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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Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (“Gilled Bolete”)
Has gills instead of pores, which DNS. Yellow mycelium. Variable (reddish-yellow, red, dark red, red-brown, to olive-brown) cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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Porphyrellus sordidus
Gray- to dark-brown, oft-cracked cap. White cap flesh stains blue-green, sometimes w/reddish tints, & can taste pungent and/or smell unpleasant.
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Pulveroboletus ravenelii (“Ravenel’s Bolete”)
Powdery yellow cap ages red from center out. Yellow pores age to grayish brown & stain greenish-blue, resolving to greenish-brown.
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Retiboletus griseus (“Gray Bolete”)
Likes oak. Dark brown bug holes w/bright yellow stains. White flesh may slowly redden. Coarse yellow-brown netting that darkens w/age. Gray (pale, brownish or dark) cap.
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Retiboletus ornatipes (“Ornate Bolete”)
Bright yellow, heavily textured stem bruises toward orange. Yellow pores bruise yellow-orange. Often tastes bitter.
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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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Strobilomyces strobilaceus (“Old Man of the Woods”)
Cap is completely distinctive black scales on white base. Flesh stains pink. Stem is often stringy & useless.
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Suillellus luridus
Yellow, blue/green staining flesh has a red/purple line just above the tubes. Yellow/red stem has lots of red netting, esp. at the top.
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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.
