1. Cap Tastes Bitter, Acrid, Astringent, or Peppery
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Pseudomerulius curtisii
Bolete or polypore? Grows shelf-like (no stem) on decaying wood (esp. hemlock & pine). Strongly veined, wavy, orange-yellow pores bruise darker orange.
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Retiboletus ornatipes (“Ornate Bolete”)
Bright yellow, heavily textured stem bruises toward orange. Yellow pores bruise yellow-orange. Often tastes bitter.
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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.
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Suillus glandulosus (“Boreal Bolete”)
Yellow, oft-pungent cap flesh reddens by bug holes & DNS. Very viscid stem is yellow w/red dots above the ring & dark red (aging toward blackish brown) below.
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Suillus ochraceoroseus (“Rosy Larch Bolete”)
Yellow, oft-short stem may have a ring, & is often netted above it. Yellow cap flesh smells acidic to unpleasant, & tastes acrid to bitter.
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Suillus spectabilis
Yellow, oft-short stem may have a ring, & is often netted above it. Yellow cap flesh smells acidic to unpleasant, & tastes acrid to bitter.
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Tylopilus appalachiensis
White pores age pinkish & stain brown. A small but solid bolete that likes roadsides & mossy ground by tree stumps. Whitish cap flesh slowly browns & often tastes bitter.
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Tylopilus balloui (“Burnt Orange Bolete”)
Bright orange cap fades w/age. White stem w/yellow-orange tints, stains brown. White cap flesh stains pink-tan to purple-brown.
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Tylopilus felleus (“Bitter Bolete”)
White cap flesh tastes bitter, & rarely stains pink. Oft-bulbous, brown stem has dark brown netting & may stain olive-brown. White pores age pinkish.
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Tylopilus intermedius (“Bitter Parchment Bolete”)
White cap flesh tastes bitter & stains brown. Oft-wrinkled/lumpy whitish cap & slightly darker stem both bruise yellow- to olive-brown.
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Tylopilus peralbidus
White/buff cap ages to brownish & stains cinnamon-brown. White flesh may stain pinkish-brownish, often smells like bleach, & tastes bitter.
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Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus (“Violet Gray Bolete”)
Purplish stem is marbled or streaked w/white, & browns w/age. Cap is similar but browner, often w/a whitish bloom. Bitter, white cap flesh DNS.
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Tylopilus rhoadsiae (“Pale Bitter Bolete”)
Bitter taste. White-buff to pinkish cap. White pores age pinkish & DNS. Cap-colored stem is well netted, esp. in the upper half.
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Tylopilus rubrobrunneus (“Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete”)
Purple cap ages toward brownish. White flesh tastes bitter. Buff to brown stem turns gray-green from handling.
