Two-Color Bolete
(Boletus bicolorus)
sculpture, acrylic paint
by "Wildman"
This bolete has a convex to flat, soft, rose-red cap 2-6 inches wide, sometimes yellowish toward the edge, with thick, pale yellow flesh that slowly bruises blue, as does the rest of the mushroom.
The tubes, which become sunken around the stem, are yellow, as are the very tiny pores. The spore print is olive-brown.
The yellow stalk is 2-4 inches long, 3/8 to 1-1/4 inches thick, sometimes colored reddish toward the bottom.
Caution: Don't confuse this mushroom with the brick red bolete (B. sensibilis,) which may be poisonous. It has a brick-red cap and turns blue instantl when bruised.
photo by "Wildman"
Look for the two-color bolete from early summer to early fall, mainly under oak trees, sometimes under aspen and pine, throughout Eastern North America.
This abundant (I'll never forget a tour on August 15, 1986, where we found 30 pounds of this mushroom along a trail called The Cow Path in Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx!), easy to recognize mushroom is great-tasting. Prepare it like other boletes.
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