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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.
Read moreButyriboletus roseopurpureus
All yellow except the pink/purple cap. Yellow flesh blues quickly (fading to slate), smells fragrant, & tastes of sour lemon.
Read moreButyriboletus 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.
Read moreChalciporus 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.
Read moreCyanoboletus 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.
Read moreExsudoporus 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.
Read moreExsudoporus 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.
Read moreGyroporus 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.”
Read moreGyroporus 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.
Read moreGyroporus 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.
Read moreGyroporus subalbellus
Cap varies in color, flattens w/age, & darkens brown when handled. Hollow stem. Whitish pores age yellower & slowly stain pinkish-cinnamon.
Read moreHarrya chromapes (“Chrome Footed Bolete”)
White/pink stem has a bright yellow foot, w/ pink-rose dots or scabers. Rose/pink cap fades tannish w/age & can be slightly viscid.
Read moreHemileccinum floridanum
“Hi, I’m an undistinctive southern bolete.” Reddish brown cap skin may taste acidic. White flesh may be pinkish-red by the cap skin, & slowly stains yellow from the cap edge in & stem top down.
Read moreHemileccinum rubropunctum (“Ashtray Bolete”)
Smallish (<3″) liver- to red-brown cap is usually furrowed or wrinkled. Usually has an unpleasant “ash tray” smell, but not always. Buff-yellow stem w/oft-raised reddish dots/spots.