Stem Is Thin & Stringy
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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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Boletus harrisonii
Often mistaken for H. campestris but grows w/trees and has no red-orange dots by the base. Small; red-pink cap; yellow flesh and pores stain greenish blue; pores age to greenish- or olive-yellow.
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Chalciporus pseudorubinellus
Bright rose-red pores age to orange or yellow-brown. Yellow or pinkish, viscid-when-wet cap ages to pink-cinnamon. Pale yellow flesh DNS. Yellow mycelium.
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Chalciporus rubinellus
Bright yellow flesh DNS. Reddish cap yellows & cracks w/age, never more than 2″ across. Rose-red or -pink pores.
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Cyanoboletus bessettei (“Swamp Fox”)
Reddish- or buff-brown cap pales from the edge in. Pale yellow flesh bruises blue-green, fading to peach & then dull pinkish orange. Unpleasant chemical odor.
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Hortiboletus campestris (“Field Bolete”)
Found in lawns and roadsides. Yellow stem- & paler cap-flesh both stain greenish blue. Yellow pores age to greenish- or olive-yellow. Never gets bigger than 1-1/2″ across.
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Hortiboletus rubellus
Bright yellow cap flesh slowly stains bluish-green, while stem flesh stains blue/green on top & orange by the base. Very deep yellow pores stain blue/green.
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Leccinellum albellum
White/buff/pink/gray cap is usually quite wrinkled, a bit pointy, & cracks/fissures w/ age. Pores are notably depressed at the skinny stem.
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Leccinellum quercophilum
White stem w/fine brown scabers that bruise bluish-green. Wrinkled/pitted, dull- to yellow-brown cap bruises bluish-green & often cracks & fissures w/age. Likes oak.
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Leccinum aurantiacum (placeholder for deciduous mates)
Bright orange/red cap. White pores age toward brown, & stain brown or red-brown. Flesh stains red, darkening to purple-gray or black.
Read moreLeccinum californicum
White to pale pink-buff cap cracks & fissures when mature. White-buff pores age to olive- or pink-buff & stain dark brown.
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Leccinum cf. carpini
Brownish cap (lighter at the edge) wrinkles & pits w/age, sometimes cracking. Cap flesh stains reddish, slowly darkening to purple-brown. Likes hornbeam (a/k/a ironwood).
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Leccinum glutinopallens
Slimy cap is reddish-buff in the center & white by the edge. Soft white cap flesh stains pinkish, often w/blue-green by the tubes.
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Leccinum holopus (“Ghost Bolete”)
Grows in wetlands. White cap darkens w/age. White/buff/brown pores may stain yellow or brown. Firm whitish stem w/scabers that age from white to dark, & sometimes green stains by base.
