1. Cap Tastes Bitter, Acrid, Astringent, or Peppery
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Retiboletus ornatipes (“Ornate Bolete”)
Bright yellow, heavily textured stem bruises toward orange. Yellow pores bruise yellow-orange. Often tastes bitter.
Read moreSuillus 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.
Read moreSuillus 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.
Read moreSuillus 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.
Read moreSuillus 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.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
Read moreTylopilus peralbidus
White/buff cap ages to brownish & stains cinnamon-brown. White flesh may stain pinkish-brownish, often smells like bleach, & tastes bitter.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
Read moreTylopilus 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.
Read moreTylopilus rubrobrunneus (“Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete”)
Purple cap ages toward brownish. White flesh tastes bitter. Buff to brown stem turns gray-green from handling.
Read moreTylopilus tabacinus
Lighter-cap-color stem is netted on top & often has a “tidal mark”. White cap flesh may smell fruity, fishy, or pungent, taste bitter, & slowly stain pink, purple, or brown.