earthyvirgo
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Confirmation of mushroom ID - Boletus of some sort?Have just found a dozen or so of these;
...on a grass verge, under trees, on the local business park.
Have consulted Roger Phillips book and thought at first that they were Erythropus but now wondering if they could be satanoides ...which would be quite another thing 
Are there any distinguishing features which will confirm if they're edible or poisonous?
Didn't realise that so many of the Boletus were inedible or worse..
Here's a second pic. On cutting, the lemony yellow flesh turns olive green/bluish on cutting and there's a deep red line above the tubes (Bloetus luridius?)
The stem is club shaped and has a sort of lacey pattern ... again, stains dark on touching or cutting
EV
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sean
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Can you get a pic of one cut in half? And a spore print. I still won't know what they are, but that's what the experts will want.
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Treacodactyl
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Yes a close up of the stem and cut one in half noting what, if any, colour changes it goes through will help. Also what sort of trees, some boletes are closely associated with some trees.
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earthyvirgo
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cut in half pic just added to original post.
Trees aren't native ... really not sure. 'Business park' type trees!
I'm familiar with birch boletus but this is not like that, much drier, no slime or stickiness on the cap.
No red showing on cutting the stem (satanoides does I think). Just the fast change from lemon to dirty olive/blue
EV
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earthyvirgo
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... and here's the stem and cap.
Not getting much of a spore print, nothing that would help much.
EV
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cab
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Oh, these reddish-staining-blue boletus... I find them even harder than the russulas! 
Anyhoo... First thought is Boletus erythropus.
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earthyvirgo
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| cab wrote: | Oh, these reddish-staining-blue boletus... I find them even harder than the russulas!
Anyhoo... First thought is Boletus erythropus. |
That was my first thought Cab, but R Ph says the stem on that is red 'dotted' and this is definitely more of a lacy affair which is why I thought luridus
At the moment, I'm not going to risk it.
Weight loss would be nice but not in a gastric way. 
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fungi2bwith
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It is definately not the tasty boletus erythropus which has a dotted red stem (as suggested previously). The flesh also turns very blue (more so than in the picture above) when cut. It is best to avoid those with the red network on the stem.
Some with the red network are supposedly edible such as Boletus Luridus, but I have never been sure enough of my identification to be brave enough to try.
Incidentally Boletus erythropus (aka the scarletena bolete or Boletus Luridiformis) is a good early season mushroom often found when not alot else is around along with blushers. Both of which most mushroom pickers avoid, meaning all the more for me 
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earthyvirgo
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Will just stick to the easier ceps later on then, better safe than sorry.
Definitely need a fungus foray as part of a future DS meet.
EV
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cab
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I would not advise anyone to eat that one.
However, I eat both Luridus and Erythropus, they get dried and put into our 'unsafe mix', the one we know we're fine eating but don't inflict on guests.
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