My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Huge
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Suillus spraguei (“Painted Suillus”)
Very distinctive red/brown scales all over the cap. Likes White Pine. Yellow pores age to brown, stain red-brown, & can be huge.
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Suillus subalpinus
Viscid, gray, purple- or red-brown-on-white cap w/white edge & sometimes spots. Whitish pores age yellower & DNS. White stem w/dots that age to purplish brown.
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Tylopilus atratus (“False Black Velvet Bolete”)
Think “T. alboater but under hemlock.” Gray to black velvety cap often cracks even when young. White cap flesh slowly blackens w/no red phase.
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Tylopilus atronicotianus (“Tobacco Stain Bolete”)
White pores age to reddish brown & stain red/brown or black. Brown stem darkens going down to nicotine-stain-blackish, often ending in a “V” shape with a tiny taproot.
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Xerocomellus bolinii (“Jason’s Bolete”)
Olive-brown cap w/many red-edged cracks. Stem is yellow by pores, purplish-red by base, & bruises blue-green. Yellow pores age to brown & stain blue. Cap flesh blues slowly.
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Xerocomellus chrysenteron (“Red Crack Bolete”)
Olive-brown cap w/many red-edged cracks. Stem is yellow by pores, purplish-red by base, & bruises blue-green. Yellow pores age to brown & stain blue. Cap flesh blues slowly.
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Xerocomellus diffractus
Olive-brown cap ages lighter & develops heavy, often red-edged cracks. Yellow pores age greenish, slowly bruise blue, & are sunken by the stem.
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Xerocomellus intermedius
Pores start tiny & yellow, end huge & brownish, and stain blue before fading to brown. Fissures into sections w/age. Pale yellow flesh stains blue & has pink layer by skin.
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Xerocomellus mendocinensis
Red, vertical-lined stem has a yellow band by the pores. Yellow to orange pores stain blue. Brown, oft-velvety cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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Xerocomellus truncatus
Yellow pores age darker & stain blue/green. White flesh ages yellow & stains blue/green. Deep brown cap may redden w/age & often cracks.
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Xerocomus ferrugineus
Creamy white-yellow flesh w/a thin red line by the skin. Bug holes are often pink. Yellow pores darken w/age & often stain blue-green (rarely cinnamon). Deep tubes.
Read moreXerocomus hemixanthus
Yellow pores DNS or bruise blue-greenish & can be huge, esp. by the stem. Brown (chestnut, reddish or dark) cap may crack w/age.
Read moreXerocomus hypoxanthus
Yellow pores DNS or bruise blue-greenish & can be huge, esp. by the stem. Oft-velvety, brownish (tawny-, red-, pale yellow-, to orange-) cap may crack w/age.
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Xerocomus illudens
Broad, coarse reticulation goes only partway down the yellow stem. Likes oak. Lemon yellow pores DNS. Stem usually tapers to a hard, woody nugget.
