Edibility Iffy
Edibility is bitter or otherwise tastes bad, or is known to cause problems with some majority of people or its edibility status is unknown.
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Alessioporus rubriflavus
Mottled cap bruises bluish & tastes bad. Yellow flesh stains blue, often w/red in the stem base. Yellow stem bruises blue, fading to brown. Yellow netting darkens lower down or if handled.
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Aureoboletus abruptibulbus (“Sand Bolete”)
Likes sand dunes. Very bulbous stem is yellow high but darkens to the cap color going down. Red- or dark-brown cap ages cinnamon.
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Aureoboletus auriflammeus (“Flaming Gold Bolete”)
Stains fingers yellow when handled. Flaming gold cap & stem. Flaming gold pores age toward greenish yellow, DNS, & may have bright red tints.
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Aureoboletus citriniporus
Brown to black cap cracks in age. Brilliant yellow pores DNS. White to pale yellow stem gets orange-yellow by the pores. White cap flesh DNS.
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Aureoboletus gentilis
Smaller (<3″), viscid-when-wet, pale gray- pink to -brown, oft-streaked cap. White cap flesh DNS, & may smell fruity. Yellow stem gets reddish brown going down.
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Aureoboletus roxanae
Grainy cap smooths a bit w/age. Pale cap flesh DNS & has an unpleasant taste. White pores age yellow, & stain cinnamon. Yellow-orange, lined stem w/orange band on top.
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Austroboletus gracilis var. flavipes
Small (<3″), viscid when wet & shiny when dry, yellowish-brown, oft-cracked cap. White stem flesh DNS but has yellow discoloration by the base.
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Austroboletus gracilis var. pulcherripes
Reddish- to dark-brown (fading w/age), oft-fissured cap w/yellow in the cracks. Coarsely netted (esp. on the upper 2/3), cap-colored stem.
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Baorangia rufomaculata
Red-spotted, rusty brown cap lightens toward honey-yellow. Oft-ribbed stem yellow high, mottled deep red going down.
Read moreBoletellus fallax
Blue-bruising, reddish brown/black, scabered stem often has yellow by the top. Dark cap often cracks w/age. Yellowish pores bruise blue.
Read moreBoletellus flocculosipes
Shaggy, gray-brown to -black cap. Yellow pores age brown & stain dark blue-green. Shaggy, red-brown stem is yellow high, dark by base.
Read moreBoletellus pictiformis
Blue-bruising, reddish brown/black, scabered stem often has yellow by the top. Dark cap often cracks w/age. Yellowish pores bruise blue.
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Boletellus pseudochrysenteroides
Red cap ages olive-brown, & gets deeply cracked/fissured. Yellow cap flesh blues & often tastes acidic. Yellow pores stain blue & resolve to brown.
Read moreBoletinellus proximus
Found in Florida in wet woods on or near decaying wood. Pale brown cap flesh DNS. Dark- to purplish-brown cap fades w/age to brown or cinnamon-buff.
