3. Cap Tastes Nutty or Sweet
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Boletus atkinsonii (“Atkinson’s Bolete”)
Grayish- to yellow-brown cap w/minute roughened tufts may crack w/age. Buff stem w/fine brownish netting. White cap flesh DNS, & may taste nutty-sweet.
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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.
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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 rubriceps (“Rocky Mountain Red”)
Think B. edulis w/a dark red cap (unless faded by sunlight toward yellow-brown) that grows w/mountain spruce in the Southwest. May taste sweet or nutty.
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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 netting white high, darker on lower 75%. Reddish-brown, oft-wrinkled cap. Creamy pores age to yellow & usually stain blue-gray that turns brownish.
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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.
