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MycoMen
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Big Bolete
#18982086 - 10/15/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Habitat:
Same place as my previous post: Western Side of Mt. Rainier under Western Red Cedar and Western Hemlock.
Gills: Yellow pores, bruising blue on handling.
Stem: 5 by 2 inches in the largest specimen, dark brown, very slightly striate, with red dots at the uppermost part, fairly dark inside, solid.
Cap: 9 inches in the largest specimen, light brown dry skin, white meat, very little bruising, more towards a browinish than a bluish tinge.
Spore print color: Printing
Bruising: Strong blue bruising of pores, faint brown bruising of meat.

Edited by MycoMen (10/15/13 04:42 PM)
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MycoMen
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Re: Big Bolete [Re: MycoMen]
#18985942 - 10/16/13 12:36 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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bump
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BittrBuffalo
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Re: Big Bolete [Re: MycoMen]
#18987764 - 10/16/13 07:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I need a clearer picture of that stem. 
Any verdict on the spore print?
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pseudoanonyrnous
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all of the large, blueing boletes with reticulation on the stipe that i've found in the cascades have been bitters. have you tasted it yet?
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MycoMen
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Messed up spore print, starting a new one now. Meanwhile, here's a better picture of the stipe. Taste is pretty bitter, actually.

Edit: I'm leaning towards Boletus coniferarum now, but not sure.
Edited by MycoMen (10/16/13 08:01 PM)
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BittrBuffalo
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Re: Big Bolete [Re: MycoMen]
#18988251 - 10/16/13 09:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm guessing your spore print is gonna be brownish/olive.
Could be Boletus coniferarum if it blues almost instantly when cut.
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MycoMen
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Cut the big guy, and he does blue pretty quickly, though just faintly.
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Re: Big Bolete [Re: MycoMen]
#18988302 - 10/16/13 09:13 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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B. coniferarum is where I'm putting my money. There aren't that many bitter Boletus sp. If it tastes anything like Tylopilus felleus, it's best described as "bitter asshole".
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MycoMen
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It does taste kinda like T. felleus, though quite a bit less intensely so. I think it's settled then, thanks a lot!
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