- has white network on top of stem.
- tubes, pores, and flesh do not change color when cut.
- tubes are off-white, cream, yellow-olive, or olive.
- pores do not show any pink tinge.
- cap is wood brown, mud brown, or dark reddy brown.
- found September to November in the Pacific Northwest.
- cook before eating.
- tip: boletes are mushrooms that grow on the ground and have a sponge-like surface on the underside of the cap (tiny pores, rather than gills). There are no deadly-poisonous boletes, though some poisonous varieties can cause nausea/vomiting. An unknown bolete is safe if it does not bruise blue after being cut, is not red on the underside of the cap, and does not taste foul.
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