Boletus edulis
(king bolete)
© Jeanne Ross (Photo ID #17292)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Duncan
Photographer
Jeanne Ross
Habitat
Floodplain under big-leaf maple and cottonwood
Photo Date
October 27, 2009
Upload Date
September 29, 2009
Elevation (m)
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Photo ID #
17292
Comments
Growing on ground, 8 specimens spread over area about 10 x 20 feet, cap diameter 6-9 inches (this one about 6"), cinnamon to rust brown top, smooth when dry, viscid when wet, pores greenish yellow, do not blue when damaged, stalk pale with pinking tones, slightly reticulate, flesh white with pinkish tones, flesh does not discolour when cut, taste bland. Spores olive-brown. Very popular with slugs -- it was impossible to find one undamaged, older ones were largely eaten away. This one also growing a mold.