Edibility Iffy
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Gyroporus umbrinisquamosus
Brittle white cap flesh DNS. Buff-, yellow- to reddish-brown cap. Buff or yellow pores darken w/age & DNS. Buff stem ages hollow.
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Lanmaoa carminipes
Short tubes end in yellow pores that quickly blue, resolving to brown. Pale yellow cap flesh quickly blues. Stem yellow above, carmine-red below.
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Lanmaoa roseocrispans
Lobed cap fades from dark red to yellow w/pink in the folds. Yellow pores bruise green- or gray-blue; cap does too, but slower. Very “robust, hefty, and dense” yellow flesh gets orange by the stem base.
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Lanmaoa sublurida
Yellow baby pores age to dark red, then fade back toward orange-yellow. Yellow flesh stains blue, slowing in age, & often smells fetid (oniony ammonia).
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Leccinellum griseum
Wrinkled/pitted, dull- to blackish-brown cap adds olive tones & cracks/fissures w/age. White, curved-at-the-bottom stem w/dark scabers. Likes oak.
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Leccinellum quercophilum
White stem w/fine brown scabers that bruise bluish-green. Wrinkled/pitted, dull- to yellow-brown cap bruises bluish-green & often cracks & fissures w/age. Likes oak.
Read moreLeccinum aeneum
Found in the California Sierra Nevadas. White cap flesh slowly stains purplish-gray or -brown, & stem flesh stains green by base. Likes manzanita, bearberry, & their relatives.
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Leccinum areolatum
White cap flesh slowly stains lilac, resolving to purple-gray or blackish. Buff to yellowish pores have brownish zones & stain dark purplish- or brownish-gray. Likes birch & aspen.
Read moreLeccinum barrowsii
Found only in Santa Clara Canyon near Santa Fe, NM. Pale rose pink cap ages to grayish white. Inconspicuous white scabers on stem dry to dark gray. Likes conifers.
Read moreLeccinum californicum
White to pale pink-buff cap cracks & fissures when mature. White-buff pores age to olive- or pink-buff & stain dark brown.
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Stem swells going down. White to pale pink-buff cap cracks & fissures when mature. White-buff pores stain brown.
Read moreLeccinum flavostipitatum
Pale yellow stem (drying bright yellow!), rarely gray-white, w/brown-black scabers & often blue-green tints by base. Shallow pores. Likes spruce.
Read moreLeccinum idahoense
Viscid, dark brown, somewhat granular cap. White stem w/chili-red scabers that darken toward blackish by the base.
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Leccinum largentii (“Largent’s Bolete”)
Oft-swollen, whitish stem w/ dark scabers that often age to form netting. White cap flesh DNS or reddens a bit by the stem. Likes toyon, madrone, & manzanita.
