Family: Boletaceae
Caloboletus conifericola
Vizzini
Conifer Bolete
KEY ID FEATURES
- Medium-to-large pored fruitbodies growing solitary or in groups.
- Firm flesh, often rock hard when young. Outer flesh butter yellow, redish-brown near the base. Inner flesh white(ish), rapidly staining blue.
- Typical bolete cap – convex (wavy in age), medium-to-lage, color variable, usually a mottled palette of reds, tans and browns going darker in age.
- Pores butter yellow staining blue transitioning to brown.
- Stem thick, sometimes squat, not reticulate at the top like a King Bolete.
- Taste is usually bitter or unpleasant, hence the generic nickname for the genus "Bitter Boletes".
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal with conifers
SPORE PRINT: Olive-brown
EDIBILITY: Inedible due to taste, might be slightly toxic
SYNONYM: Boletus conifericola
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-163-14
- LOCATION: Iditarod Trail, Girdwood, AK
- DATE: 03-Sep-14
- NOTES: Large grayish-olive caps that become cracked in age, blue staining yellow flesh, bitter taste. No odor.
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