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Boletus subalpinus
Short, fat, cap-colored stem, often netted on top. Cap flesh may stain pink- to gray-lavender. Oft-pitted, white-buff to pale brown cap.
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Butyriboletus autumniregius (“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/mid-elevation mixed woods (not oak) in autumn.
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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 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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Butyriboletus taughannockensis (“Igor’s Bolete”)
The butter bolete that does not bruise blue. Brown, often wavy cap fades w/age & can grow spotted in age. Yellow stem w/fine, oft-raised netting. Likes oak.
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Chalciporus rubritubifer
Found in Florida. Yellow cap flesh DNS & has a red line above the tubes. Grayish- to dull-red pores age to brownish orange to copper & DNS.
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Cyanoboletus cyaneitinctus
Quick-bluing stem flesh is yellow high & brown at the base. Yellow pores and stem (gets redder going down) bruise blue but resolve to brown.
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Exsudoporus floridanus
Viscid red cap. Yellow cap flesh blues. Red stem very netted, esp. high up. Red or orange-red pores stain blue, w/yellow drops on babies.
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Exsudoporus frostii (“Candy Apple Bolete”)
Candy-apple red (sometimes duller) cap, pores, and stem. Viscid cap. Pores & flesh bruise blue. Stem has coarse, raised netting. Sour taste. Likes oak.
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Gyroporus cyanescens (“Bluing Bolete”)
Brittle white cap flesh (dark brown zone by skin) stains indigo blue, resolving to creamy buff. Stem flesh blues stronger. Cap-colored stem is hollow & stuffed with “cotton.”
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Gyroporus cyanescens var. violaceotinctus
Buff to yellowish-tan cap & like-colored stem bruise dark blue. Brittle cap flesh stains dark lilac, then indigo, & finally dark blue.
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Gyroporus purpurinus (“Red Gyroporus”)
Brittle cap flesh DNS. Deep burgundy red cap may crack w/age & fades from margin in. Stem hollows w/age. Whitish pores yellow w/age & DNS.
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Gyroporus subalbellus
Cap varies in color, flattens w/age, & darkens brown when handled. Hollow stem. Whitish pores age yellower & slowly stain pinkish-cinnamon.
