Red-pored Boletes and Boletus subvelutipes: The cap of this mushroom is often red and as such can be confused by beginners with Boletus bicolor - if you don’t notice that the pores are supposed to be yellow rather than red. There are red-pored boletes that are edible - such as Boletus frostii. And I have heard of mycologists who have eaten the black to dark indigo staining Boletus subvelutipes without any problem, but most books discourage you from eating red-pored boletes like this one. There may be several species that look very similar to B. subvelutipes in the east like Boletus discolor. This species has a fine hairy red tomentum at its base. 049-001