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38 Records
Status
Found solitary or in groups, on ground or on rotted wood in mixed forests, especially oak.
Description
Cap: White or pale brown/gray, dry, finely cracked in age; flesh white to pale yellow, slowly staining pink, blue, or yellow and becoming spongy. Pores: Lemon-yellow, stain greenish-blue, then brown. Stalk: White, sometimes yellow at top, may have reddish tint to base in age; often with white mycelium at base (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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Pallid Bolete (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2008).
Media by
Joanne Solem.
Pallid Bolete in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/10/2019). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Anne Looker.
Pallid Bolete (gills and stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/4/2009).
Media by
Joanne Solem.
Pallid Bolete in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/10/2019). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Anne Looker.
Spores of Pallid Bolete in Howard Co., Maryland (8/14/2008). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Spores collected from a Pallid Bolete specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2008). Fusiform, smooth; measured 9.9-10.3 X 5.0-5.7 microns.
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Robert Solem.