– Cap at first grayish-white, later gray-brown and with pinkish spots.
– Tubes yellow.
– Pores at first yellow, later turning orange to reddish, bruising blue.
– Stem pale yellowish with red reticulate network, often wine-red towards the base.
– Flesh whitish-yellowish, often reddish in the stem base, slightly blueing and with a spicy scent reminiscent of chicory or bouillon, especially pronounced when drying.
Boletoid boletes
Bilious Bolete
Rubroboletus legaliae
VU
Vulnerable
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak on calcareous soil in open deciduous forests and parks, very rare.
Notes
Can cause nausea and transient skin rashes.
