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Two-colored Bolete - Baorangia bicolor
Convex, velvety, red cap that was about 4 cm diameter. Yellow pores. The stipe was yellowish near the apex and had red streaks on the bottom half. Cap bruised blue when handled. The flesh did not bruise.
Growing on the ground in a meadow - but, in the shade of a huge oak tree.
The two-colored bolete, named after its two-tone coloring scheme of red and yellow, is an edible fungus in the genus "Baorangia". It inhabits most of eastern North America, primarily east of the Rocky Mountains and in season during the summer and fall months but can be found across the globe in China and Nepal.
Similar species: Boletales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Jul 7, 2018. Captured Jul 7, 2018 10:34 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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