Identifying Your Bolete
8.4
GLABRESCENT BOLETE
Boletus subglabripes, Hemileccinum subglabripes
Frequency
Plentiful
Habitat Area
Under poplars and birches, rarely under conifers.
Cap
Brown smooth cap, yellowish tubes, stalk and flesh, these are the features of the Glabrescent Bolete.
Margin
Even.
Tubes
Adnate, pale yellow, depressed near the stalk.
Pores and Pore Surface
Pore surface yellow, slightly greenish blue in age, immutable; pores circular, well visible, 1.5-2 per mm.
Stalk
Nearly equal, often tapered upward.
Stalk Feature
Yellowish, with reddish tinges in age.
Flesh
White to pale yellow, immutable, rarely bluing slightly when cut.
Basal Mycelium
White.
Chemical reactions
FLESH: few reactions worthy of mention.
CAP: darker with KOH and NaOH.
STIPE: light brown with KOH and NaOH.
TUBES: weak reaction with KOH and NaOH.
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The Glabrescent Bolete is one of the less parasitized by insects. It is usually sold under the names Golden Bolete or bolet doré in french.
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