valbonix Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi This is my first post in here and I'm starting with the Boletus satanas, not edible. Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 valbonix, it would be helpful if you would tell people where you are located and the geography of where you found these mushrooms. This is a mushroom I have never seen in person myself so I'm sure people would be interested to know where they were found. Generally speaking. Thank you for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valbonix Posted October 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 You are right Mary. Boletus satanas founded in Portugal, near Sintra. Habitat: Quercus rotundifolia in limestone soils. Thermophile. Temp : 22 Cº Alt >100 mts Toxic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DufferinShroomer Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 wow that is an impressive bolete. I think it is one of the main reasons for the rule about not eating blue stainers or boletes with red pores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valbonix Posted October 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 wow that is an impressive bolete. I think it is one of the main reasons for the rule about not eating blue stainers or boletes with red pores. Hi There are no problems on eating blue stainer Boletus and most of them are delicious. BUT you must know them!! And avoid this one in particular, Boletus satanas. Despite the name it is not mortal, it only makes gastrointestinal problems. Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I have found B. satanas once in my lifetime, over 25 years ago. I was just beginning to learn about mushrooms back then. But this one is striking, so I was able to ID it easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I have found very few red pored boletes and I am still stumped by the one I found in Florida last August a year ago. I did find one red pored bolete in Oregon last October and that is about it. Look how much of the stalk was buried under the surface. This is the one from FL from 2009: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Top two pics look like Boletus subvelutipes. I find lots of these up here in northeast NA. Red pores that bruise very dark, furfuraceous stipe, and overall color of the ones in the photos match this species well. Big NA bolete book lists range of subvelutipes as "south to Florida." Boletus subvelutipes Don't recognize the second specimen (bottom several pics). Lack of bluing on cut flesh is not typical for red-pored varieties. Bolete book lists B. carmimiporus as a southeastern NA red-pored bolete that has non-staining flesh, but it's stalk is listed as reticulate... the one seen here appears to not be reticulate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Dave, I had ID'd the first one from Oregon as Boletus Erythropus but the bottom one from FL is still a mystery even on Mushroom Observer. It was suggested it might be a Chalciporus species but I don't necessarily agree. Still a mystery. No ideas from Gary Lincoff or Tom Volk or anyone else for that matter! I had it on my Facebook page for ages and no one had any idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Yeah, mary... I agree with "erythropus." Big book calls it "luridiformis." Subvelutipes has an eastern NA range, but erythropus reaches across the continent. The two different species (ery & sub) are very similar. We get them both around here, and sometimes I am unable to ID a given mushroom to one or the other. Here's some that I found in Vermont this summer. IDed to B. luridiformis (B. erythropus). Based my ID on the red context in the stalk base. Otherwise, it'd be a tossup. This next one (not a red-pore) was my most interesting bolete of the year. Found nearby Adirondack Loj (high-peaks region) nearby a wide trail in a coniferous forest. Macroscopically, it looks like either B. spadiceus or B. tenax. Since B. tenax is listed as an oak/pine species (common forest type here in the east) and this was found in an area devoid of oak, I'm going with "spadiceus." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushroomaniac Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I found the boletes below in Istanbul, Turkey; the red ones in 2008 (I guess they were Boletus frostii), the others in 2010 ( Maybe Boletus subvelutipes? ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 I found the boletes below in Istanbul, Turkey; the red ones in 2008 (I guess they were Boletus frostii), the others in 2010 ( Maybe Boletus subvelutipes? ). it's always difficult to compare mushroom species in North America with European or Asian versions. But B. frostii and B. subvelutipes would be good first guesses for those two types if they were found here in PA, USA. The frostii should have a coarsely reticulate stem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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