– Cap convex to expanded, brown, finely velvety when young, becoming smooth, sticky in humid weather.
– Tubes light yellow when young, turning yellow-green with age, bruising blue when handled.
– Stem yellow-brown, mottled, narrowing towards the base.
– Flesh white to yellowish-white, usually bruising blue when cut, with a mild odor and taste.
Xerocomoid boletes
Bay Bolete
Imleria badia
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows mainly with pine, but occasionally also with spruce and oak in coniferous and mixed forests.
Notes
A very good edible bolete that is rarely infested by larvae. Suitable for all types of cooking.
Similar species
Boletes are a good group for inexperienced mushroom pickers since no dangerously poisonous species occur in this group.
