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The Bolete Filter Triage (A Synoptic Key) for North American Boletes

Boletus aurantioruber

White pores age yellow & bruise pale green to yellowish olive. Red/brown netting may be white at the top & bruises dark. Likes conifers, esp. Pitch Pine.

SKU: Boletus edulis-1 Categories: FILTER SET #6: SPORE PRINT, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, FILTER SET #3: PORE FEATURES, PORE COLOR FILTERS, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Other than Blue, PORE SIZE FILTERS, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, FILTER SET #5: CAP FLESH (CONTEXT) FEATURES, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh is White, FILTER SET #2: CAP FEATURES, CAP COLOR FILTERS, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Cap Texture is: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, CAP SIZE FILTERS, My Mushroom's Cap is >.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, FILTER SET #4: STEM FEATURES, STEM COLOR FILTERS, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, FILTER SET #8: EDIBILITY, Edibility: 5- Choice, FILTER SET #7: HABITAT FILTERS, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, FILTER SET #1: REGION, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, 6. Found in Quebec

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Genus: Boletus

Species: aurantioruber

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Tells: White pores age yellow & bruise pale green to yellowish olive. Red/brown netting may be white at the top & bruises dark. Likes conifers, esp. Pitch Pine.

Other Information: Red/orange/brown cap fades w/age, has sterile edge, & is viscid when wet. Pinkish-cinnamon-over-buff, usually bulbous stem w/extensive like-colored netting & often yellow spots at the base. White flesh DNS & may have pink by the cap skin. Tubes may turn greener when dried. Found in the coastal Northeast.

Edibility: Choice.

Science Notes: The overall look and feel suggest a closer relationship to B. subcaerulescens than the other North American versions of B. edulis, though of course they are all pretty close from the tree of life perspective.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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