shroomersue Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 I found three examples of this bolete growing under beech, maple, hemlock mix. One youngun, one older and oldest! They all had the suede like brown cap with funny dash marks on them (insect deposits?) Also the white reticulation at top of stipe with brown below. Taste pleasant. Olive spore print. Bugs seem to love em... Would this be correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Photos #2 through #5 show what I would likely call "Boletus variipes". Not sure about the "var. fagicola". There's also a few other species names that may apply, but all of these hardwood-associating types qualify as King Boletes. Photo #1 may show the same species as #2-5, except I'm a wondering about what appears to be a yellow stipe. I would also consider Retiboletus ornatipes for this one. B. variipes types have white internal flesh, R. ornatipes has yellow flesh. Photo #6 looks like something different. I think these may be a species of Tylopilus. Did you taste them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shroomersue Posted July 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) Photos 1, 4, 5 are the same young one. My camera might have been leaning towards those yellow hues. Photo 6 was taken indoors so colour may have changed. Wanted to show cross section of pores and stipe inside. Definitely no yellow interiors. I tasted all three, pleasant mushroom taste. Maturest one had dark yellowish pores. They were growing together within 2 feet under a beech. I was thinkin fagicola var. because of the darker cap colour? Edited July 9, 2019 by shroomersue Added photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Honestly, I don't feel confident enough to determine variipes vs. variipes var. fagicola. But these are what I would classify as "variipes". 6th photo is good example of how an indoor photo can provide misleading visual info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shroomersue Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Thanks Dave, I learned that these are King Boletes afterall! Hoping I can find more with no maggots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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