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 groople
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 pulveroboletus ravenelii 
#11870119 - 01/20/10 11:48 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Been reading the forums for eons; haven't previously bothered registering an account. Recently I've been hunting a lot in the east bay, albeit as much for edibles and plain practice ID'ing things as anything else. Came across something curious enough to bother registering an account for today.
I was on the UC Berkeley campus, and much to my surprise, ran across some boletes. Young specimens had a universal veil, and they were distinctly yellow, so I'm pretty sure they were pulveroboletus ravenelii, as I don't know of another bolete with a universal veil. The cap bruised slightly blue.
Unfortunately I don't have any pics of them since my camera coincidentally died today, but will go grab some tomorrow assuming they are still intact (high impact area and classes just got back in, so they may have been trampled.)
Anyway, point of post - I was wondering if anyone had experience eating 'em? Edibility information in my books is contradictory. I'll probably cook one up and see how they go, since boletes are at best mildly gastrointestinal-ey.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: pulveroboletus ravenelii [Re: groople]
#11870136 - 01/20/10 11:53 PM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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I am not doubting you, but that would be the first bay area collection that I know of. Are you sure it isn't a Suillus?
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groople
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I'll go back tomorrow and see if I can't grab some photos and a better description to make sure I'm correct. Looking through Arora's led me to believe it was a pulveroboletus ravenelii, but I could very easily be wrong. It's honestly the first bolete I've run across collecting since they don't seem to be very common in the urban eastbay.
As an example of ignorance - well - I was unaware until you suggested suillus that several suillus have veils. Looking at descriptions of them though, it really still does look more like pulveroboletus to me. The veil was conspicuously yellow - the copy of mushrooms demystified doesn't have any suillius with yellow veils, but I am working off the older edition - are there any?
e: well, I lie - Suillus caerulescens does have a yellow veil. Cap just doesn't look right for it, though.
Edited by groople (01/21/10 12:21 AM)
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: pulveroboletus ravenelii [Re: groople]
#11870228 - 01/21/10 12:33 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Is it slimy? What kind of tree was it under?
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groople
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The younger ones (pre-veil dropping) were somewhat so, the older ones (which were not old and dried out, they still looked pretty healthy) were not. It was under some mixed pines, I believe mostly monterey pines, but will have to confirm tomorrow.
There was a live oak maybe 40 ft away, but I doubt it was the host, and everything was definitely growing in pine duff.
Edited by groople (01/21/10 12:48 AM)
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groople
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Re: pulveroboletus ravenelii [Re: groople]
#11906923 - 01/26/10 04:45 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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I put off responding to thsi for a bit, hoping I would get lucky.
Sadly, the remaining specimens got trampled, and no more have popped 
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