3. Cap Tastes Nutty or Sweet
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Boletus atkinsonii (“Atkinson’s Bolete”)
Grayish- to yellow-brown cap may crack w/age esp. by the edge. Buff stem w/fine brownish netting. Likes oak & beech.
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Boletus holoxanthus
Yellow cap, pores & stem flesh all blue quickly & then fade to dark gray. Coarsely red-netted stem & cap flesh also blue & then fade. Xerocomoid pores.
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Boletus nobilissimus
Red- to yellow-brown cap pitted, often greatly. White pores age to greenish-yellow. Tastes sweet. Stem very netted, sometimes raised.
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Boletus reticulatus (“Summer King Bolete”)
Brown (yellow-, grayish-, or dark-) cap fissures & cracks in age. Grayish-brown stem has netting that starts white but darkens.
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Boletus separans (“Lilac Bolete”)
Variable cap (buff to purplish-brown) usually has lilac tones & is often wrinkled or pitted. White-netted cap-colored stem.
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Boletus subcaerulescens (“Almost Bluing King Bolete”)
Stem has white netting high, darkening lower down & from handling. Reddish-brown, oft-wrinkled cap. Creamy pores age to yellow & may stain blue-gray that turns brownish.
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Lanmaoa fallax (nom. prov.)
Stout red-and-yellow. White mycelium. Brick- to pinkish-red cap that fades brown w/age. Little to no bouillon smell. Pores and skin often bruise blue.
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Leccinum 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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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.
