Cedric Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Found this in the woods by my company's office. Pretty sure of the first two but happy to be corrected. A great start. Sparassis crispa Lactarius indigo Stinkhorn And then a few new ones for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Boletes can be tricky to ID... especially when viewed upside-down. The Sparassis and L. indigo proposals look reasonable to me. Was the one being considered as Sparassis growing near an oak tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Sorry about the upside down... This was an upload from my cell phone and that is also the reason I was very short in my post... Can't get the hang of typing on the screen and it takes me ages to get it more or less right... Regarding the bolete. It had a bitter taste in the taste test, with yellow stipe, tubes and cap. Colour did not change upon cutting. I just got my first books yesterday, so from now on will explore further before posting... Yesterday was a 20 minutes foray next to the office after work, and before a 2 hour drive home, so really not much time to explore further. I saw loads of other mushrooms, a number of coral types, at least 5 different bolets and suillus, some violet Cortinarius and a black trumpet, but did not have time to delve much. Took some pics that I will now study further. Truth is I was flabbergasted: so many types in such a small area and in such little time, and no competition.... I was especially happy about the Lactarius Indigo. I had read about it in Europe several times so immediately identified it... I am not very fond of the lactarius in general and don't expect this one to be any better than the Lactarius Deliciosus, L. Quieticolor, L. Sanguifluus and their varieties, but it is so beautiful! Thanks for your advice about just walking a trail in a park, that is exactly what I did. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Looks like you had an enjoyable foray. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your posts. It is very interesting to see mushroom hunting in the U.S. From the European perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Looked at the bolete a second time. Maybe Retiboletus (Boletus) ornatipes? Is the stalk reticulate? Ornatipes has a slightly sour/bitter taste and flesh that does not change color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The first bolete looks like tylopilus felleus or the common bitter bolete ( pinkish colored pores ) to me. I believe DaveW is right on the second bolete being boletus ornatipes with a little older and slightly faded cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianf Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 well old, blown out bi-color boletes can sometimes have a similar look to that one in the fifth picture.....lose all redish properties aside from some slight grainyness on the cap and stalk. if you have access to that one still take a whiff. if you get a slightly almost pina colada scent, it's likely a bi-color. if it just smells like your outside it could very well be ornatipes. no matter what, that one's looking pretty old and maybe not so edible.....bi-colors can also have reticulation on the stem as the variation subreticulitis, which i recently found a hoard of. both the ornatipes and subreticultis can be found in pictures in earlier stages in my older posts if that helps to compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Thanks all, next time I find boletes, I will take the time to make a cut, taste and smell taste as well as look for reticulate on the stem and any other characteristics. There are so many new boletes here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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