Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly
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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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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 ampliporus (“Hollow Stalked Larch Bolete”)
Dense hairs on brown cap make a velvety texture. Stem is hollow in the bottom half, yellow on the oft-netted upper part, & often has a ring. Pores are often huge & elongated.
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Suillus bresadolae var. flavogriseus (“Bearded Bolete”)
White/yellow scales, esp. when young, on sticky yellowish cap. Grows w/larch. Only known from Newfoundland.
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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 fuscotomentosus
Brown fibers/scales cover cap’s buff-yellow-tan base color. Yellow stem has obvious brown or red-brown dots. May taste a little sour.
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Suillus grisellus (“Grayish Suillus”)
White/gray/brown pores run down stem (decurrent) & DNS. Likes sphagnum moss under larch, usually in wetlands.
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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 lakei (“Western Painted Suillus”)
Distinctive orange-red-brown scales cover yellow cap. Yellow flesh may stain pink in the cap, & blue-green in the young (not old) stem base.
Read moreSuillus lakei var. pseudopictus
Brick red-brown fibers & scales cover the cap, which often cracks w/age. Yellow pores age dingy & bruise pink-brown. Often wider than tall.
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Suillus ochraceoroseus (“Rosy Larch Bolete”)
Yellow, oft-short stem may have a ring, & is often netted above it. Yellow cap flesh smells acidic to unpleasant, & tastes acrid to bitter.
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Suillus paluster (“Red Bog Bolete”)
Yellow pores brown w/age, go down the stem, DNS, & have radial ridges. Pink- to red-purple cap. Stem is pore-colored high & cap-colored below.
