Larch Bolete
- has yellow tubes.
- has solid stem.
- has bright orange/yellow/golden cap, sticky (or slimy when wet).
- flesh in cap flushes faintly lilac.
- found in groups near larch trees.
- cap is ~2.5 inches across in mature specimen.
- young specimens have tubes covered in veil.
- intermediate age and mature specimens have ring, with faint net pattern above ring.
- cap is brown.
- 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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