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Boletus auripes (“Butter Foot Bolete”)
Golden yellow or yellow-with-brown stem has yellow netting. Nothing stains. Yellow pores darken w/ age. Dense texture w/ shallow pores.
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Boletus barrowsii (“White King Bolete”)
White pores age toward yellowish or light brown. Oft-bulbous pinkish buff-to-brown stem w/fine white netting at least on top.
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Boletus edulis (“King Bolete”)
Buff stem w/white netting. Babies have stuffed pores. Cap colors vary hugely. White pores age to yellow, & darken w/old age. Likes conifers. Specific tree associates vary with region.
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Boletus pseudopinophilus
Stem netting white high, darker on lower 75%. Reddish-brown, oft-wrinkled cap. Creamy pores age to darkening yellow & usually stain blue-gray that turns brownish.
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Boletus regineus (“Queen Bolete”)
Dark- to black- (sometimes red-) brown cap. Stout, netted, white-buff stem (babies may have pink tones) darkens to winy-brown w/age.
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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 rex-veris
White-buff to brown stem w/netting that darkens when handled. White pores age to brownish yellow & bruise rusty brown
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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 white, 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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Boletus variipes
Buff/yellow-brown/brown cap often cracks & fissures with age & hot weather. White pores turn dingy yellow with age. Often bulbous stem is usually netted either white or brown.
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Boletus variipes-fagicola
Dark brown-black cap often cracks & fissures w/age & hot weather. White pores age dingy yellow. Oft-bulbous stem usually has white or brown netting.
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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 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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Imleria badia (“Bay Bolete”)
Bay-brown cap, often flat or convex. Yellow pores may age greenish, bruise blue/gray green, & are depressed by stem. White cap flesh may bruise pink or blue but only by the tubes.
