Edibility Iffy
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Boletus bicoloroides
Deep red cap fades to pale orange-yellow w/red splashes. Yellow pores bruise blue. Dark red stem w/no netting. Yellow cap flesh stains blue.
Read moreBoletus billieae (“Billie’s Bolete”)
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.
Read moreBoletus coccyginus
Small (<2″), velvety, oft-folded or -convoluted, purple- pink- to orange-red cap may crack by the edge w/age.
Read moreBoletus curtisii
Viscid, bright yellow cap tastes acidic and stains fingers yellow. Viscid yellow stem is often hollow & long compared to the cap.
Read moreBoletus durhamensis
Brown pores DNS. Cap colored stem w/brown netting that ages darker. The only confirmed finds to date have been in NC and VA.
Read moreBoletus 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.
Read moreBoletus 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.
Read moreBoletus 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.
Read moreBoletus glabellus
Smoky buff stem has red-purple streaks & red stripe on top, & browns w/age. Green-yellow pores age brownish & stain blue, resolving to brown.
Read moreBoletus 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.
Read moreBoletus mahogonicolor (“Mahogany Colored Bolete”)
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.
Read moreBoletus melleoluteus
Yellow pores age grayish & stain dark olive-brown. Stem slowly stains red from handling. Pale yellow flesh slowly blues, esp. by tubes.
Read moreBoletus mottiae (“Mott’s Bolete”)
Viscid, wrinkled, cinnamon to browner cap fades toward the edge. Netted, buff to pinkish-cinnamon stem. White pores age to yellow.
Read moreBoletus ochraceoluteus
Bright yellow pores bruise slowly blue. Pale to bright yellow cap flesh stains reddish & resolves to bluish green, but stem flesh has no red phase.