Mushroom Identifier

Fungi encyclopedia

A reference for the fungi you actually find

Each entry describes one species the way you meet it in the field — the cap and its surface, what sits underneath, the stipe and its base, the spore print colour, the substrate it fruits from, and the species most often confused with it.

Showing results for Scarletina Bolete / Red Foot Bolete

Scarletina Bolete

Scarletina Bolete

Boletes

A stout, dark-capped bolete with blood-red pores and a yellow stipe peppered with fine red dots, whose lemon flesh turns instantly inky blue when cut.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Chrome-footed Bolete

Chrome-footed Bolete

Boletes

A striking pink-capped bolete whose white stipe is dotted with pink scabers above and washed brilliant chrome-yellow at the base. The pore surface is white, ageing pink.

Spore print · Pinkish-brown

Red Cracking Bolete

Boletes

A small woodland bolete whose dull brown cap cracks into a mosaic with pinkish-red flesh showing in the fissures. Yellow pores bruise blue-green and the stipe is red-streaked.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Red-mouth Bolete

Red-mouth Bolete

Boletes

An eastern North American red-pored bolete with a velvety brown cap, dark red pores that flash blue at a touch, and coarse dark red hairs clothing the stipe base.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Ruby Bolete

Ruby Bolete

Boletes

A small, brilliantly red-capped bolete of parks and grassy woodland edges, recognised by yellow pores that bruise blue and tiny carrot-orange dots in the stem base.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Frost's Bolete

Frost's Bolete

Boletes

A vivid lacquered blood-red bolete with dark red pores that weep amber droplets when young, and a deeply pitted, coarsely netted red stipe. Bruises blue instantly.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Zeller's Bolete

Zeller's Bolete

Boletes

A striking western North American bolete with a sooty, velvet-textured dark cap that contrasts sharply against bright yellow pores and a red-streaked stem.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Royal Bolete

Royal Bolete

Boletes

A striking butter bolete with a rose-pink to purple-red velvety cap over bright yellow pores and a yellow, finely netted stipe. Flesh yellow with little or no blueing.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Pine Bolete

Pine Bolete

Boletes

A dark red-brown member of the porcini group tied to pine and spruce, with a bumpy matte cap and a stout stipe bearing a reddish-tinged net over a brown ground.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Manzanita Bolete

Manzanita Bolete

Boletes

A large western North American scaber stalk with a deep red-brown, often sticky cap, coarse black scabers on a white stem, and flesh that greys and blackens when cut.

Spore print · Ochre-brown

Mottled Bolete

Mottled Bolete

Boletes

A birch scaber stalk recognised by its patchily mottled grey-brown cap and by flesh that flushes pink in the stem and stains vivid blue-green at the base.

Spore print · Snuff-brown

Parasitic Bolete

Parasitic Bolete

Boletes

A small olive-yellow bolete that grows nowhere except attached to the base of a common earthball, usually with several fruitbodies clustered around a single host.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Larch Bolete

Larch Bolete

Boletes

A glossy golden-brown bolete found only under larch, with a slimy cap, yellow pores that bruise brownish, and a ring on the stem.

Spore print · Ochre-brown

Gray Bolete

Gray Bolete

Boletes

A grey-capped hardwood bolete with a whitish stipe wrapped in a bold dark net and a yellow patch at the very base. Pale pores stain brownish where handled.

Spore print · Olive-brown to brown

Bovine Bolete

Bovine Bolete

Boletes

A slender pinkish-tan pine bolete recognised by its wide, irregular compound pores that run down the stalk. It is frequently found in company with the pink Rosy Spike.

Spore print · Olive to clay-brown

Alder Bolete

Alder Bolete

Boletes

A soft, pale bolete restricted to damp alder carr, with shallow decurrent yellow pores that instantly bruise blue-black. Fruitbodies are often lopsided and clustered.

Spore print · Olive to yellowish-brown

Bitter Bolete

Bitter Bolete

Boletes

A robust brown-capped bolete with white pores that flush pink with age and a pale stipe carrying a bold dark brown network. Widespread in conifer and mixed woodland.

Spore print · Pinkish-brown

King Bolete

King Bolete

Boletes

A heavy, bun-shaped brown bolete with a stout swollen white stipe carrying fine pale netting, and a sponge layer that ages from white through cream to olive-yellow without bruising blue.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Peppery Bolete

Peppery Bolete

Boletes

A small, slender bolete with wide coppery-rust pores running slightly down the stipe and a vivid chrome-yellow base, often found close to Fly Agarics on acid heathy ground.

Spore print · Cinnamon to rusty brown

Bronze Bolete

Bronze Bolete

Boletes

The darkest member of the porcini group, with a sooty bronze to almost black velvety cap over a brown stipe finely netted in pale lines. Flesh white and unchanging.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Butter Bolete

Butter Bolete

Boletes

A solid golden-pored bolete of warm broadleaf woods, with a dry tan-brown cap, a yellow finely netted stipe and a tapering rooting base. Flesh pale yellow, blueing slowly and weakly.

Spore print · Olive-brown

Bluing Bolete

Bluing Bolete

Boletes

A pale, shaggy-capped bolete of sandy heathland whose every surface flushes an intense cornflower blue within seconds of being touched or cut.

Spore print · Pale straw yellow

Chestnut Bolete

Chestnut Bolete

Boletes

A neat, rusty chestnut bolete with white to pale yellow pores, brittle flesh and a hollow, chambered stipe, and a pale straw spore print unusual for the group.

Spore print · Pale straw yellow

Bay Bolete

Bay Bolete

Boletes

A rich bay-brown bolete whose lemon-yellow pores flush blue-green within seconds of being touched. The stipe is brown-streaked and lacks the raised netting of the King Bolete.

Spore print · Olive-brown