Boletus haematinus Halling
Mycologia 68: 980. 1976.

Common Name: none

• Habitat

  Scattered to gregarious under red fir (Abies magnifica) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; fruiting in the fall, rarely in the spring.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  This bolete can be distinquished by blue-staining, bright yellow pores that turn red as it matures (except at the pileus margin, which remain yellow) and its association with red fir.

• References

  Bessette, A.E., Roody, W.C. & Bessette, A.R. (2000). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse University Press: Syracuse, NY. 400 p.
  Thiers, H.D. & Halling, R.E. (1976). California Boletes V. Two new species of Boletus. Mycologia 68: 976-983.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Michael Wood: Boletus haematinus (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Boletus haematinus (CP) -- closeup of pores
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Beverley Hackett: Boletus haematinus (I)
  • Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the Northwest Forest Plan: Boletus haematinus (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)