Edible, therapeutic and toxic mushrooms
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GOLDEN BOLETE
Boletus subglabripes
Frequency
Plentiful
Habitat
Under poplars and birches, rarely under conifers.
Cap
Brown smooth cap, yellowish tubes, stalk and flesh, these are the features of the Glden or 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 and small.
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.
Unfit for human consumption
Fruitbodies with these characteristics are unsuitable for human consumption: reddish lines on the stipe, bluish spots on the pores surface, bluish flesh in places, depressions on the cap.
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This 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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