Identifying Your Bolete
2.2
BLUEING BOLETE
Gyroporus cyanescens
Frequency
Infrequent
Habitat Area
In hardwood or deciduous undergrowth or in mixed forest, particularly where birch and poplar are present.
Cap
Pale olive, light brown or pale yellowish, fibrillous, scaly.
Margin
Even.
Tubes
Free.
Pores and Pore Surface
Pore surface yellowish, quickly staining blue when bruised.
Pores circular to angular.
Stalk
Lacunose at first, hollow at maturity.
Stalk Feature
Stipe concolorous with the cap and the same color as the flesh above the gaiter.
Flesh
Flesh turns quickly blue when bruised or cut and this for all parts of the fruitbody.
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This excellent mushroom loose its blue color when cooked.
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For more informations
Refer to Boletes - Quebec et East of Canada.
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