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

Boletus sensibilis (“Curry Bolete”)

Smells like curry. Yellow pores, yellow flesh, red-brown cap, & yellow stem (which may have pink/red by base) all blue instantly & profoundly.

SKU: Boletus sensibilis Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 3- Iffy, FILTER SET #1: REGION, FILTER SET #2: CAP FEATURES, FILTER SET #3: PORE FEATURES, FILTER SET #4: STEM FEATURES, FILTER SET #5: CAP FLESH (CONTEXT) FEATURES, FILTER SET #6: SPORE PRINT, FILTER SET #7: HABITAT FILTERS, FILTER SET #8: EDIBILITY, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Huge, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Blue, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Boletus

Species: sensibilis

Common Name: “Curry Bolete”

Tells: Smells like curry. Yellow pores, yellow flesh, red-brown cap, & yellow stem (which may have pink/red by base) all blue instantly & profoundly.

Other Information: The stem occasionally has fine netting on top. Blue-stained pores will eventually fade to reddish brown.

Edibility: Iffy, but only recently promoted there. Bottom line: many reliable foragers are known to eat and enjoy this mushroom, and all recent reports on the Internet take that view. Nevertheless, older books unanimously listed it as a sick-maker and received lore deserves a certain amount of respect. We have promoted it to “iffy” based on BENA and those online discussions, but nevertheless urge a bit of skepticism, thorough cooking, and some care to start with small portions.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin and flesh both turn yellow.
KOH: Cap skin and flesh both turn yellow.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin turns greenish-gray. Cap flesh turns yellow-orange to yellow-brown.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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North American Boletes

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