My Mushroom's Cap is >8” Across
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Butyriboletus primiregius (“Red-Capped Butter Bolete”)
Oft-pitted/wrinkled cap is usually bright rose- pink to -red. Yellow, oft-bulbous, finely netted stem stains blue. Grows w/mountain conifers in spring.
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Butyriboletus querciregius (“Red-Capped Butter Bolete”)
Oft-pitted/wrinkled cap is usually bright rose- pink to -red. Yellow, oft-bulbous, finely netted stem stains blue. Grows w/oak in autumn.
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Caloboletus calopus
Bitter flesh stains quickly blue. Red stem is very netted, browner low, & yellow by the pores. Yellow pores age darker & quickly blue. Likes hemlock.
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Caloboletus conifericola
Both pale, bitter cap flesh & yellow pores (age dingier) instantly blue. Pale yellow stem darkens to deep brown by the base, & has fine netting at least on top.
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Caloboletus frustosus
Bitter flesh DNS. Yellow to green-yellow pores stain blue, then resolve to brown. Yellowish- to gray-brown cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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Caloboletus 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.
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Lanmaoa pallidorosea (“Bouillon Bolete”)
Think “muddled bicolor.” Firm, yellow flesh often smells like beef bouillon & stem flesh may slowly stain green from the base up and/or stem skin in.
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Lanmaoa roseocrispans
Lobed cap fades from dark red to yellow w/pink in the folds. Yellow pores bruise green- or gray-blue; cap does too, but slower. Very “robust, hefty, and dense” yellow flesh gets orange by the stem base.
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.
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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.
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.
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Leccinum manzanitae (“Manzanita Bolete”)
White cap flesh slowly stains purple- or gray-brown. Whitish stem w/dense white scabers that darken w/age to red-black. Viscid red or red-brown cap.
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Leccinum piceinum (placeholder for spruce)
Dull orange cap. Likes spruce. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black, esp. by stem.
Read moreLeccinum ponderosum
Orange- to brick-red cap ages to the cupcake shape, w/pores coming up the sides. A great big mushroom that grows on or around decaying pines.
