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Boletus coniferarum Mushroom
Ref No: 7233
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Boletus coniferarum2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7234
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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

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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