– Cap grayish-white to yellowish-gray.
– Tubes golden-yellow, turning blue after touch.
– Stem yellow, with reddish tones in the middle or towards the base, with a yellow network.
– Flesh partly bruising blue when cut.
Boletoid boletes
Pale Bolete
Butyriboletus fechtneri
VU
Vulnerable
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with oak and beech in deciduous forests and parks, often on calcareous and clayey soils.
Notes
Sometimes reported as edible but so rare that it is not recommended for mushroom picking.
Similar species
Hemileccinum impolitum may look similar, but it has a more brownish cap, tubes that do not turn blue, and a stem without a network pattern.
Caloboletus radicans may sometimes have red colors on the stem and appear similar, but it has flesh with a bit
Caloboletus radicans may sometimes have red colors on the stem and appear similar, but it has flesh with a bit
