Boletus section Boletus

Bolete with a dry, tan cap, tight white pores, and a reticulated stipe with an enlarged base. I have not been able to identify it to species yet, but am seeking help.

Habitat: It was growing on the ground in a swampy, mixed forest with mostly oak, pine, and eastern hemlock.

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morpheme

Lion

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletus_cf_reticulatus.html perhaps?

it really looks like some type of porcini, with that reticulated stem - there's a key too https://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletus_edulis.html
Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks so much morpheme. Boletus cf. reticulatus was my guess so far as well. It's very close to Boletus edulis as well though...I'll check out that key again. Thanks :)
  
  Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    It sounds like the species complex here in the US isn't that well documented.... I suppose as long as you can eat all of them, it's not a big deal to most people if they vary at the molecular level :p (I only found one mildly poisonous lookalike - no reticulated stem on that one). Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Haha, agreed! Posted 7 years ago

The Boletus variipes

"Boletus variipes" is a species of mycorrhizal bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae, native to North America. It was originally described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1888.

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Similar species: Boletales

Species identified by Christine Young