Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum

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Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum M.E. Smith, Bessette & A.R. Bessette 2019

This is a reddish to reddish-brown cap which becomes paler pinkish tan with maturity, often with a paler sterile edge. The flesh and pores are yellow as is the stem background color. Just below the yellow stipe apex, the stem is decorated with dark red to red-brown smears and dots. The stipe base has whitish rhizomorphs which attach to a sclerotia, making this the only northeastern bolete known to have this feature. All parts quickly stain blue to blue-green and turn brown with age. Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum is a relatively newly discovered bolete. The edibility of this bolete has not been determined. It is in the Boletaceae family of the Boletales order.

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Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum