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location: North America |
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
fungus colour: Brown |
normal size: over 15cm |
cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
stem type: Simple stem |
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged |
spore colour: Olivaceous |
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Boletus coniferarum Dick & Snell Cap 10-30cm across; dull olive-brown to olive-gray; dry, subtomentose, cracking with age. Tubes yellow. Pores yellow bruising blue. Stem 100-150 x 30-60mm, bulbous to equal; pale yellow to olive-yellow, blue where handled. Flesh thick, solid; pale yellow. Odor pleasant. Taste bitter. Spores subfusiform, 11 –14 x 3.5-5µ. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat in conifer forests. Uncommon. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season August-October. Not edible. Comment This species closely resembles Boletus calopus but differs in lack of red tints on the stem and is less reticulate. |
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