Edibility Iffy
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Boletus coccyginus
Small (<2″), velvety, oft-folded or -convoluted, purple- pink- to orange-red cap may crack by the edge w/age.
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Boletus durhamensis
Light- to medium-brown pores DNS. Cap colored stem w/brown netting that ages darker. The only confirmed finds to date have been from NC/VA on south.
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Boletus fairchildianus
Some-kind-of-red cap dulls with age toward tawny or brown. Orange- or red-on-yellow, blue-staining pores. Yellow cap flesh stains strongly blue.
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Boletus fibrillosus
Brown (cinnamon to dark) cap may have white-buff spots, & may be wrinkled or scaly. Well-netted stem is yellow on top & ever-browner going down.
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Boletus flammans (“Flame Bolete”)
Red to brown-red cap stains blue. Red to orange-red pores stain blue. Yellow cap flesh stains blue. Red oft-netted stem may have yellow base.
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Boletus glabellus
An ancient name with no known finds. Smoky buff stem has red-purple streaks & red stripe on top, & browns w/age. Green-yellow pores age brownish & stain blue, resolving to brown.
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Boletus lewisii
Whitish-yellow cap flesh blues erratically, esp. by tubes, & may taste a bit acrid. Yellow pores dull w/age, bruising weakly blue before resolving brownish.
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Boletus mahogonicolor
Deep red (mahogany colored) cap. Yellow flesh quickly blues before fading to red. Very shallow tubes. Yellow pores age greenish then brownish, and bruise blue.
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Boletus mahogonicoloroides
Mahogany (or a bit redder) cap lightens & may stain blue at edge. Yellow cap flesh stains blue, resolving to pale red-brown. Yellowish pores bruise blue-black.
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Boletus melleoluteus
Yellow pores age grayish & stain dark olive-brown. Stem slowly stains red from handling. Pale yellow flesh slowly blues, esp. by tubes.
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Boletus miniato-olivaceus
Rosy pink-red cap tans w/age, usually w/olive patches. Yellow pores stain blue-that-browns, add red w/age & end dingy olive. Yellow mycelium. Pinched base.
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Extraordinarily rare. Viscid, wrinkled, cinnamon to browner cap fades toward the edge. Netted, buff to pinkish-cinnamon stem.
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Boletus oliveisporus
Rich, often shiny, fox-red, cinnamon, or plain brown cap bruises blue-black & may crack w/age. Yellow stem w/red tints ages olive-brown from base up, & bruises blue-black.
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Boletus purpureorubellus
Viscid purple-red cap. Yellow pores bruise dark blue/gray or blue/black, resolving slowly brown. Stem flesh is yellow high, reddish lower down, staining dark blue. Moss in marshland.
