1. Cap Tastes Bitter, Acrid, Astringent, or Peppery
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Alessioporus rubriflavus
Mottled cap bruises bluish & tastes bad. Yellow flesh stains blue, often w/red in the stem base. Yellow stem bruises blue, fading to brown. Yellow netting darkens lower down or if handled.
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Aureoboletus roxanae
Grainy cap smooths a bit w/age. Pale cap flesh DNS & has an unpleasant taste. White pores age yellow, & stain cinnamon. Yellow-orange, lined stem w/orange band on top.
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Austroboletus subflavidus
Smells fruity but tastes bitter. Stem with thick, raised netting & often a yellow base. Babies may have clear fluid beads on the pores.
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Boletus lewisii
Whitish-yellow cap flesh blues erratically, esp. by tubes, & may taste a bit acrid. Yellow pores dull w/age, bruising weakly blue before resolving brownish.
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Boletus roodyi (“Roody’s Bolete”)
Blood/pink/purple-red cap flattens & often cracks w/age. Stem yellow above, red below w/ no netting. Yellow pores age toward olive & DNS.
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Boletus vermiculosoides (“Brown Pored Bolete”)
Dark brown or red-brown pores pale w/age & bruise a blackish blue that slowly fades to brownish orange. Pungent odor. Often buggy. Likes oak.
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Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus
Grows on sawdust, stumps, or surrounding areas. Yellow pores age toward brown, & stain blue before resolving brown.
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Butyriboletus peckii
Pale cap flesh w/red larval tunnels, blues slightly, & tastes sour or bitter. Yellow pores stain blue but resolve brown. Red & yellow netted stem.
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Caloboletus firmus (“Piedmont Bolete”)
Dense, firm, pale yellow cap flesh blues, sometimes slowly, and tastes mildly bitter. Red-orange pores stain blue. White-tan-gray stem, usually w/red netting, bruises olive-brown.
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Caloboletus roseipes (“Rosy Foot Bolete”)
Pale cap flesh tastes bitter & stains blue. Blue-staining stem is clean yellow at the top. Yellow pores age brownish & stain blue.
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Caloboletus rubripes (“Western Bitter Bolete”)
Pale cap flesh blues instantly, tastes bitter & often smells bad. Yellow pores blue instantly. Buff to olive- or gray-brown cap bruises brown & often cracks & fissures w/age.
Read moreGastrosuillus imbellus
Yellow, brown-staining pores w/in a yellow-brown membrane. Cap flesh smells pungent, tastes bitter, & may stain blue. Short stem w/dark brown dots.
Read moreLeccinum barrowsii
Found only in Santa Clara Canyon near Santa Fe, NM. Pale rose pink cap ages to grayish white. Inconspicuous white scabers on stem dry to dark gray. Likes conifers.
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Neoboletus pseudosulphureus
Bright yellow cap ages red/browner & bruises blue-black. Bright yellow flesh & pores blue quickly, w/pores resolving to brown. Stem flesh is dark red by the base, which blues faster.
