5. Found in North Carolina
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Phylloporus rhodoxanthus ssp. foliiporus (“Bluing Gilled Bolete”)
Has gills instead of pores. Gills bruise blue. Yellow mycelium. Cinnamon- to dark-brown cap.
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Porphyrellus nebulosus
Gray-to-brown cap stains darker & often cracks w/age. Yellow pores age to brown & then red-brown, staining blackish-brown.
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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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Pseudoboletus parasiticus (“Parasitic Bolete”)
Grows on the Poison Pigskin Puffball. Yellow/brown pores may stain reddish.
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Pseudomerulius curtisii
Bolete or polypore? Grows shelf-like (no stem) on decaying wood (esp. hemlock & pine). Strongly veined, wavy, orange-yellow pores bruise darker orange.
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Pulchroboletus rubricitrinus
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 atkinsonianus
Red to cinnamon, oft-viscid cap ages darker brown & has a sterile edge. Oft-viscid, oft-ridged stem enlarges going down, bends before snapping (think asparagus), & is cap colored low & lighter high.
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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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Retiboletus vinaceipes
Grows with pine. Bugs leave dark brown holes w/bright yellow stains in flesh that may stain slowly red. White-gray, red-staining stem has broad netting that darkens w/age.
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Rubroboletus dupainii
Slimy/viscid purple-to-pink red cap with red, blue-bruising pores that yellow w/age. Edge of skin on the cap. White to pale yellow flesh bruises blue & then darkens.
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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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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.
