6. Found in Eastern Texas
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Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum (“Whitey’s Bolete”)
Some-shade-of-red cap. Yellow stem typically has bright red near the base, with dots/smears but not netting. Slightly acidic flavor. Yellow cap flesh quickly stains blue.
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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 ornatipes (“Ornate Bolete”)
Bright yellow, heavily textured stem bruises toward orange. Yellow pores bruise yellow-orange. Often tastes bitter.
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Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus (“Perfumed Bolete”)
Yellow cap flesh tastes sweet, smells of over-ripe fruit when fresh & perfume when dry, & blues quickly before resolving to dull grayish-blue.
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Strobilomyces confusus (“Old Man of the Woods”)
Cap has pointier, more erect scales than the other Old Men. Flesh stains orange-red to orange. Pores start white but quickly age toward gray-black.
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Strobilomyces dryophilus (“Old Man of the Woods”)
Cap has grayish pink or darker scales on white base. White flesh stains orange/pink before slowly darkening. Lighter, shaggy stem is often stringy & useless. Likes oak.
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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 hypocarycinus (“Hickory Bolete”)
Yellow flesh & orange-red pores quickly blue. White to yellow stem (yellow high) speckled red, esp. low. Brown to yellow-brown cap.
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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 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 cothurnatus (“Booted Suillus”)
Marbled orange-buff-yellow cap flesh stains dark purple-drab. Yellow pores age brownish & DNS
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Suillus decipiens
Small, hairy/scaly, variable-color cap has an incurved edge, bruises dark gray & flattens w/age. Almost-veined, radial yellow pores age browner & DNS or stain brownish.
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Suillus hirtellus
Viscid-when-moist, yellowish cap usually has red/brown tufts & may bruise brown. Oft-curved, yellowish stem w/dots that start yellow & age toward black.
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Suillus punctipes
Spicy/almondy/orange-popsicle smell. pale yellow to yellow-orange cap flesh DNS. Handling stains fingers brown. Likes wet to boggy soil. Orange/brown stem ages yellower w/brown-black dots.
