Primary Stem Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray
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Leccinum variicolor (“Mottled Bolete”)
Dark brown-black, often mottled cap. White stem flesh stains pink high and blue-green low, often faintly & slowly. Salt & pepper stem. White or buff pores bruise slowly brown.
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Leccinum versipelle (“Orange Birch Bolete”)
Orange cap ages to pinkish tan & has tissue bits on the edge. White cap flesh stains red (esp. by stem), resolving to purple- or blackish-gray.
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Leccinum vulpinum (placeholder for coniferous mates)
Bright orange/red cap. White pores age toward brown, & stain brown or red-brown. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black.
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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 porphyrosporus (“Dusky Bolete”)
Dark brown stem, often w/white base that can smell of chlorine. Dark red- to black-brown pores stain green-blue but resolve to brown. Odd smell.
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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 bresadolae var. flavogriseus (“Bearded Bolete”)
White/yellow scales, esp. when young, on sticky yellowish cap. Grows w/larch. Only known from Newfoundland.
Read moreSuillus tomentosus var. discolor
Yellowish stem stains fingers brown, w/orange-brown dots that age to dark brown. Yellow-brown pores bruise slightly greenish blue, resolving brown.
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Sutorius eximius (“Lilac Brown Bolete”)
Chocolate- to purple-brown pores stain dark brown. Purple- to gray-brown cap. White cap flesh slowly stains purple-, red-, or gray-brown.
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Tylopilus alboater (“Black Velvet Bolete”)
Velvety black cap. Oft-swollen or bulbous stem echoes the cap color. Pores & white cap flesh usually stain pink, then become dark.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
