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Big Bolete, ID help please
#8533888 - 06/17/08 02:35 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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hey, this is a pretty big bolete I found today. I cant really see anything that looks to much like it in my guide. wondering if any of you guys know what it is off the top of your head : ) I left it where I found it cos it was the only one- thus I have no spore print. I didnt have the heart to bring it home if I in all likely hood might not eat it. Thanks guys! Pics to follow.
Habitat: deciduous woods, around oak Gills: Cream Stem: yellowish/light brown Cap: Cream or very light brown with a very slight purple tone...very slight No bruising observed Location: Nth west Arkansas
very sturdy mushroom and it must have weighed about half a pound or so. do you think its edible? or one of the few toxic boletes?
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8533898 - 06/17/08 02:37 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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If it has cream colored gills it is either an immature Boletus or a mature Leccinum or Tylopilus species.
Some pics would help.
How developed are the gills?
What is the texture of the stipe?
Are there any more mature specimens with different colored gills?
Any bitter taste?
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8533905 - 06/17/08 02:39 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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What kind of tree was nearby?
Are you sure they were gills and not pores?
This may help:
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletales.html
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combs
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8533911 - 06/17/08 02:40 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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plus some others found yesterday : )
we think this is a rosy russula
Blushers
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8533916 - 06/17/08 02:41 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeeah pores! not gills, sorry.
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8533922 - 06/17/08 02:45 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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DannyGlick
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How 'bout Gyroporus castaneus?Ain't sure.
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: DannyGlick]
#8533981 - 06/17/08 02:59 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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That's another good guess.
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DannyGlick
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If I keyed it out right.
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: DannyGlick]
#8534032 - 06/17/08 03:10 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Which key?
Kuo's, self-admittedly, needs work.
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combs
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Hey senor hongos, i reckon the stem was definately yellower on the one I found than the ones in those pics. and the pore surface was cream. thanks!
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DannyGlick
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North American Boletes.I used Key EE-1.
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Mr. Mushrooms
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534053 - 06/17/08 03:16 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Do a Google Image search on Gyroporus castaneus and Boletus pallidus. That might give you a better idea on which one it might be.
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534057 - 06/17/08 03:17 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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hey danny thanks. mr kuo seems to think that that shroom is generally rather small in size, he says small caps. this guy was big. and the stem isnt hollow. looks a bit like it in the pics though! cheers! i shoulda got a spore print, but like i said i wanted to leave it being the only one there.
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534064 - 06/17/08 03:18 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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i'll do a google search in a while! cheers guys, gotta go feed my baby now : )
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534104 - 06/17/08 03:32 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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The pore surface looks a little pinkish so I am going to guess that its a Tylopilus species.
The first thing we need to know is if the flesh is bitter.
Try this key:
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/tylopilus.html
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hi alan, yeah i guess the pore surface is a little pink, kinda the same color as tuna : ) and its bitter, i had a little lick. real bitter. cheers mate
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534610 - 06/17/08 05:55 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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i also got a portion of the cap making a spore print at the moment, I'll report back on that, with a few more pics aswell.
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534892 - 06/17/08 07:27 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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also forgot to mention- the smell is almost citris like.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Big Bolete, ID help please [Re: combs]
#8534999 - 06/17/08 07:51 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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