ChefsWild Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Strong bitter almond smell. No milk but specimens picked hours ago. Slightly crumbly. R. lauroceraci? Taste is not remarkable. Slightly fishy. So maybe Lactarius? The bolete is non staining and non bitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 The gilled ones are old and beat up. But I think they represent one of the foetid Russula species. These are the sticky/smelly ones that make up a subspecies of Russula (the name of which escapes me). Some of these types smell downright terrible. Others offer a mix of almond or cherry with an unpleasant component. Some smell like amaretto. None of these are considered edible, and most are said to be sickeners. The bolete is difficult to judge. Looks like an immature specimen. If I'm reading the color scheme correctly, then the cap is gay and the stalk is reddish. This suggests the newly erected genus Caloboletus (formerly including several species of Boletus). These types have grayish caps and usually some red on the stalk. But they are mainly bitter-tasting blue-staining types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefsWild Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 I don't know what the sexual orientation of the cap is, but it was reddish brown/gray with white non staining flesh and off-white non staining pores, and mild tasting. I'll get a better picture up later. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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