Edibility: 2-Bitter
Known to be inedibly bitter.
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Austroboletus subflavidus
Smells fruity but tastes bitter. Stem with thick, raised netting & often a yellow base. Babies may have clear fluid beads on the pores.
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Austroboletus tequestae
Heavily cracked tan (with greenish tings) over white cap. Pores age from cream through pink to purple. White flesh DNS.
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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 frustosus
Bitter flesh DNS. Yellow to green-yellow pores stain blue, then resolve to brown. Yellowish- to gray-brown cap cracks & fissures w/age.
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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 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.
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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 roseocephalus (nom. prov.)
Tastes bitter. Pinkish-red cap that resists fading. Yellow or orange pores blue blue, w/more orange by the stem.
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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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Gastrosuillus imbellus
Yellow, brown-staining pores w/in a yellow-brown membrane. Cap flesh smells pungent, tastes bitter, & may stain blue. Short stem w/dark brown dots.
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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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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.
