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Boletes Boletus

Included genera: Boletus, Butyriboletus, Caloboletus, Chalciporus, Cyanoboletus, Gyroporus, Hemileccinum, Hortiboletus, Imleria, Leccinum, Neoboletus, Rubroboletus, Strobilomyces, Suillus, Suillellus, Tylopilus, Xerocomellus, Xerocomus, Porphyrellus, Gyrodon, Pseudoboletus, Phylloporus

Boletes have tubes and pores rather than gills beneath the cap. They are often stout, and the flesh of some species changes colour when damaged.

  • Tubular fruiting layer
  • Pores beneath the cap
  • Stout or reticulate stem common
  • Flesh may turn blue when bruised

Pore colour, stem reticulation or scabers, and colour changes after cutting form a reliable combination of characters.

Similar boletes include poisonous and stomach-upsetting species. Do not identify them from a single character.

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Relevant species (48)

Alder Bolete Alder Bolete Gyrodon lividus Aspen Bolete Aspen Bolete Leccinum duriusculum Banned Bolete Banned Bolete Rubroboletus legaliae Bay Bolete Bay Bolete Imleria badia Bitter Bolete Bitter Bolete Boletus calopus Bitter Bolete Bitter Bolete Tylopilus felleus Black-capped Scaber Stalk Black-capped Scaber Stalk Leccinum pseudoscabrum Bluing bolete Bluing bolete Gyroporus cyanescens Bovine bolete Bovine bolete Suillus bovinus Bronze bolete Bronze bolete Boletus aereus Brown Birch Bolete Brown Birch Bolete Leccinum scabrum Butter bolete Butter bolete Butyriboletus appendiculatus Chestnut Bolete Chestnut Bolete Gyroporus castaneus Crimson Bolete Crimson Bolete Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus Dupain's bolete Dupain's bolete Rubroboletus dupainii Dusky bolete Dusky bolete Porphyrellus porphyrosporus Fechtner's Bolete Fechtner's Bolete Butyriboletus fechtneri Golden Bolete Golden Bolete Xerocomus chrysenteron Golden-gilled bolete Golden-gilled bolete Phylloporus pelletieri Granulated Bolete Granulated Bolete Suillus granulatus Hollow-stemmed Bolete Hollow-stemmed Bolete Suillus cavipes Ink stain bolete Ink stain bolete Cyanoboletus pulverulentus Iodine bolete Iodine bolete Hemileccinum impolitum King Bolete King Bolete Boletus edulis Larch bolete Larch bolete Suillus grevillei Lurid Bolete Lurid Bolete Boletus luridus Mottled bolete Mottled bolete Leccinum variicolor Old man of the woods Old man of the woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus Orange birch bolete Orange birch bolete Leccinum versipelle Orange Oak Bolete Orange Oak Bolete Leccinum aurantiacum Parasitic Bolete Parasitic Bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus Peppery Bolete Peppery Bolete Chalciporus piperatus Pine bolete Pine bolete Boletus pinophilus Red-cracked Bolete Red-cracked Bolete Xerocomus ferrugineus Ringless slippery jack Ringless slippery jack Suillus collinitus Rooting Bolete Rooting Bolete Caloboletus radicans Royal Bolete Royal Bolete Boletus regius Ruby Bolete Ruby Bolete Hortiboletus rubellus Satan's Bolete Satan's Bolete Rubroboletus satanas Scarletina Bolete Scarletina Bolete Boletus queletii Scarletina Bolete Scarletina Bolete Neoboletus luridiformis Sepia bolete Sepia bolete Xerocomellus porosporus Slippery Jack Slippery Jack Suillus luteus Summer bolete Summer bolete Boletus reticulatus Weeping Bolete Weeping Bolete Suillus plorans White Bolete White Bolete Suillus placidus White-stemmed bolete White-stemmed bolete Leccinum albostipitatum Yellow-cracked Bolete Yellow-cracked Bolete Xerocomus subtomentosus
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