My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Huge
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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 leucomycelinus (“Gilled Bolete”)
Has gills instead of pores, which DNS. White mycelium. Dark red to reddish- or chestnut brown cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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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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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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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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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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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 acidus (“Sour Cap Suillus”)
Cap ages from pinkish- or yellow-buff to yellow-brown. Cap skin usually tastes acidic. Stem will snap like a twig, is buff- to tan-yellow, & has red-brown dots. Often has a viscid, yellowish ring.
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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.
