Cap Flesh Stains Blue
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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. (Almost certainly a Caloboletus).
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Butyriboletus persolidus (“Butter Bolete”)
Short, butter-yellow, oft-bulbous stem may have red-brown stains, esp. lower down. Yellow pores darken w/age & stain blue. Firm texture.
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Butyriboletus primiregius (“Red-Capped Butter Bolete”)
Oft-pitted/wrinkled cap is usually bright rose- pink to -red. Yellow, oft-bulbous, finely netted stem stains blue. Grows w/mountain conifers in spring.
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Butyriboletus pulchriceps
Smells nutty sweet. Pale pink cap darkens by edge & often cracks. Well but delicately netted, lighter-than-cap colored stem. Found in Arizona. Likes oak.
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Butyriboletus querciregius (“Red-Capped Butter Bolete”)
Oft-pitted/wrinkled cap is usually bright rose- pink to -red. Yellow, oft-bulbous, finely netted stem stains blue. Grows w/oak in autumn.
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Butyriboletus roseopurpureus
All yellow except the pink/purple cap. Yellow flesh blues quickly (fading to slate), smells fragrant, & tastes of sour lemon.
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Caloboletus calopus
Bitter flesh stains quickly blue. Red stem is very netted, browner low, & yellow by the pores. Yellow pores age darker & quickly blue. Likes hemlock.
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Caloboletus conifericola
Both pale, bitter cap flesh & yellow pores (age dingier) instantly blue. Pale yellow stem darkens to deep brown by the base, & has fine netting at least on top.
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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 inedulis
Bitter, whitish-yellow cap flesh stains blue. Yellow pores darken w/age & stain blue. Netted stem is yellow on top, red going down, w/dark-staining base.
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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.
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Chalciporus piperatoides
Slow, acrid flavor. Pinkish to yellowish buff-brown flesh, usually blues esp. by the tubes. Yellow pores age to cinnamon & stain blackish blue. Bright yellow mycelium.
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Cyanoboletus bessettei (“Swamp Fox”)
Reddish- or buff-brown cap pales from the edge in. Pale yellow flesh bruises blue-green, fading to peach & then dull pinkish orange. Unpleasant chemical odor.
