Stem: 2- Is Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick
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Aureoboletus abruptibulbus (“Sand Bolete”)
Likes sand dunes. Very bulbous stem is yellow high but darkens to the cap color going down. Red- or dark-brown cap ages cinnamon.
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Aureoboletus auriporus (“Sour Gold-Pored Bolete”)
Brilliant yellow pores dull w/ age & usually stain a slow brick red. Pinkish red layer above cap flesh & below cap skin. Viscid, easy to remove cap skin tastes sour. Stem often long.
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Aureoboletus flaviporus
Viscid, cinnamon-brown cap. White to pink-buff cap flesh DNS & tastes acidic. Viscid stem is yellow on top, red-on-white below.
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Aureoboletus gentilis
Smaller (<3″), viscid-when-wet, pale gray- pink to -brown, oft-streaked cap. White cap flesh DNS, & may smell fruity. Yellow stem gets reddish brown going down.
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Aureoboletus innixus (“Clustered Brown Bolete”)
Often grows in clusters. Yellow w/brown stem often viscid by base. Bright yellow mycelium. Pale cap flesh w/ reddish brown by the skin. Powerful odor.
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Aureoboletus projectellus
Cap flesh tastes lemony. Well-netted stem w/viscid-when-wet bottom, often w/white mycelium. Cap edge projects past the pores to form a ridge.
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Aureoboletus russellii (“Russell’s Bolete”)
Long, deeply textured, pink-tan to red-brown stem is quite viscid, esp. by the base. Variable-colored cap often fissured or in scale-like patches.
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Boletus curtisii
Viscid, bright yellow cap tastes acidic and stains fingers yellow. Viscid yellow stem is often hollow & long compared to the cap.
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Butyriboletus frostii (“Candy Apple Bolete”)
Candy-apple red (sometimes duller) cap, pores, and stem. Viscid cap. Pores & flesh bruise blue. Stem has coarse, raised netting. Sour taste. Likes oak.
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Paragyrodon sphaerosporus
Stem bruises brown & has a double ring (or super-veil). Yellow pores age to brown & bruise cinnamon. Pale flesh stains reddish-brown.
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Pulveroboletus atkinsonianus
Red to cinnamon, oft-viscid cap ages darker brown & has a sterile edge. Oft-viscid, oft-ridged stem enlarges going down, bends before snapping (think asparagus), & is cap colored low & lighter high.
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Suillus acidus (“Sour Cap Suillus”)
Cap ages from pinkish- or yellow-buff to yellow-brown. Cap skin usually tastes acidic. Oft-hollow buff- to tan-yellow stem has red-brown dots, & often a viscid, yellowish ring.
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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 clintonianus (“Larch Suillus”)
Pale- to orange-yellow cap flesh stains pinkish brown. Viscid cap. Cap-colored stem usually has yellow band above the ring & white below. Ammonia/KOH on cap. Grows w/larch.
