Boletus coniferarum
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Native to higher elevation coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest, this bitter bolete can grow to a fairly large size. The picture shoes a specimen with a cap measuring over six inches in length.
Field identification also involves a brown, reticulated stipe and yellow pores that easily bruise blue.
When they are young and small, the brown stipe might easily be mistaken for a yellow stipe, leading to the mistaken belief that the mushroom in question is the more palatable butter bolete.
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