Identifying Your Bolete
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RED-MOUTH BOLETE
Boletus subvelutipes
Frequency
Frequent
Habitat Area
Under oaks and hardwoods. In Quebec literature, we read: under conifers, including hemlock, white spruce, white pine and balsam fir. American literature say: under oaks and elms.
Cap
Color variable: cinnamon-brown, jellow-brown to reddish-orange, staining blue when bruised.
Margin
Even.
Tubes
Yellow, adnate, staining blue when cut.
Pores and Pore Surface
Pore surface red, red-brown, red-orange, rapidly staining blue when bruised; pores circular to angular, 2 per mm.
Stalk
Equal or tapered in both directions.
Stalk Feature
Non-reticulated stalk, finely velvety at the base in age, reddish-orange colour, turning more red with age, typically yellow at the apex.
Flesh
Total, rapid colour change to blue when cut.
Basal Mycelium
White.
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May cause digestive disorders or poisoning for some people, even if it is rare. For this reason, several authors classify it in the category of «toxic mushrooms».
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