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Butter-Foot Bolete - Boletus auripes
This mushroom was gorgeous, and it was my first time finding this species! Needless to say, I am disappointed in the blur!
The cap was brown, soft, and dry. Pores were yellow and bruised brown - although the description for this species states that the pores don't bruise. The stipe was bright yellow and reticulate.
Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed forest (pine and oak mostly).
''Boletus auripes'', commonly known as the butter-foot bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. First described from New York in 1898, the fungus is found in eastern Asia, Central America, and eastern North America from Canada to Florida. It is a mycorrhizal species and typically grows in association with oak and beech trees.
The fruit bodies formed by the fungus have convex to nearly flat caps that are up to 13 cm wide. The stems are up to 10 cm long by 3 cm.. more
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