Boletus coniferarum

Boletus coniferarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletus
Species:
B. coniferarum
Binomial name
Boletus coniferarum
Lebedeva (1949)

Boletus coniferarum, the conifer bolete, is a mushroom of the genus Boletus native to North America. The species is inedible[1] due to its extremely bitter taste.[2]

The semi-velvety cap is grayish and the yellow tubes stain dark blue.[2] The stipe is yellowish, darkening in age, and sometimes larger near the base.[2] The flesh is buff and stains blue.[2]

Boletus frustosus is similar, but has reddish hues at the bottom of the stipe,[2] as does Cyanoboletus pulverulentus, which stains a greener hue than B. coniferarum and tastes mild.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 215–216. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.


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