Exactly the answer I was looking for on Boletes. Today was my first time, except for morel hunting, to go out and look for other mushrooms. I found loads of Chanterelles and while doing so I came across an Indigo Milk Cap and some boletes. I left them in the ground until I could learn what they were and if they were edible. Tomorrow I'll go harvest them. Thank you very much.
Excellent explanation, I’m new about mushrooms and this kind of videos helps me to understand. I recently uploaded a video about birch boletes but I was confused finding some information where said that those were toxic until I found out that there are brown and orange birch boletes, the brown ones are completely safe to eat but the oranges ones are edible but with precaution because some people could be very sensitive with the toxin but if they are well cooked is ok. Usually is better to avoid red or orange boletes.
This is my favorite mushroom Cliff, but divorce has separated me from my favorite place to go. So I'm looking in Upstate NY. I love mushroom hunting, but don't quite trust myself to pick the right one. Your explanation was great. My x was the expert. Can't wait till spring. Thank you.
I am glad you found it helpful, Vivian. If you are not 100% sure regarding mushroom ID, I would suggest you perhaps join a local mycology club to get some hands-on experience. The bolete class of fungi are fairly easy to identify, but one should never eat any fungi unless 100% certain of it. There are very good fungi in your arean, but also some deadlies, too.
This is the most excellent video I could find on the topic of identifying boletes. One question, what if the stipe is not tapered big to small from the bottom to the top? What if it is even the entire way, or tapered to be larger as it goes up?
Thank you. I've never really thought about this, but I have come across bolete form fungi with straight stipes, as you described. I never IDed them to confirm specific genus and species. I've seen Boletus bicolor and B. longicurvipes with straight stipes but they tend to fatten as they mature.
"While some edible boletes will turn blue if cut or bruised, all known toxic boletes in North America will also turn blue. Thus, a novice forager can safely rule out potentially toxic boletes by testing for bluing" Second paragraph of the video description.
@@maggiecain what toxic boleteS(!) are you talking about? The only toxic one I’m aware of is B. Satanas and it’s very easy to ID. I guess I had to mention this important exemption out of the rule.
Bullshit. There are plenty of toxic blue-staining boletes out there. OP never said in this video that ALL blue-staining boletes are toxic. He simply said that all non-blue-staining boletes are edible.
Pretty much. Not all edible boletes will turn blue, but all or nearly all the poisonous ones do, so it's a simple way to avoid undesirable boletes unless one wants to start breaking out microscopes and doing spore prints.
Hi I found some Boletes today...when I cut the stalk, it immediatly turned purple then about only 10 secs it turned light grey. If it's not poisiones, does it just not taste good?
Often with plants, if they are poisonous they will taste off, but not with mushrooms. Many mushrooms can taste fine and still be poisonous. I can't tell what you found by descriptions, and often it's hard even with pictures as with fungi things like scent, trees and plants that were growing nearby and basal mycelia are also important to identification. Leccinums often turn a grayish or blackish color when cut. But as a rule, if in doubt, throw it out.
@@UNDERST0RY hello I could send pictures. I have also found truffles. And morels. On my property as well. I'm confident about the morels and truffles. The Boletes have "sponge" not gills the top is yellow these popped up after I ran a dozer in the woods. I live in the mountains of Southern Oregon. Thank you.
@@patricia2645 Sorry, Patricia, been working outside a lot lately and missed this. I would be happy to take a look at them. If you go to The Naturalist Channel FaceBook group and join, you can post pics there. The link is below.
@@noegojimmy If a person wants to know if a certain bolete is poisonsous, they can test for blue. If it's blue, the person doesn't know for sure it's poisonous or not. If it does not test for blue, the person can rest assured it's not poisonous. So, a novice can avoid death or illness by throwing out the blue bruising ones. That novice might also miss out on edible mushrooms, but it's a good tradeoff.
OP never said in this video that ALL blue-staining boletes are toxic. He simply said that all non-blue-staining boletes are edible. Watch the video again if you don't believe me. You won't find it. This is a tired old comment repeated by someone who doesn't understand the concept of ruling something out using a general principle.
Sooo many edible boletes actually bruise blue to greyish or greenish blue either immediately or after a while. Only a couple are actually toxic. You'd miss out on many edibles if following this "rule" with boletes. I suggest looking at other vids.
@@joseymour2574 They'd also miss out on all the poisonous ones, too. Trust me, this advice is helpful. The novice can rule out ALL toxic boletes with one simple rule.
I’m finding a lot of boletes. Whenever I identify them using a mushroom app, in most cases I’m told not to eat them because they’re too bitter or don’t taste good. From this I gather that most aren’t worth eating with a few exceptions.
Trees are NOT as big underground as they are above. I’ve cut so many fallen down trees with the roots up , and never it was even comparable in size. P. S. May be some trees. But not a general rule.
It somewhat depends on your understanding of root structures and whether you're speaking volumetrically or mass-wise. Most roots are feeder roots in or just below the topsoil, and they can extend as much as 8 times the width of the tree branches, further if we include mycelial networking. Mass below ground--estimates vary from 22% to 80%. You won't really notice most tree roots if going by cutting a tree and seeing what is pulled up because most roots are small feeder roots that easily break away when a tree topples.
Exactly the answer I was looking for on Boletes. Today was my first time, except for morel hunting, to go out and look for other mushrooms. I found loads of Chanterelles and while doing so I came across an Indigo Milk Cap and some boletes. I left them in the ground until I could learn what they were and if they were edible. Tomorrow I'll go harvest them. Thank you very much.
Excellent explanation, I’m new about mushrooms and this kind of videos helps me to understand. I recently uploaded a video about birch boletes but I was confused finding some information where said that those were toxic until I found out that there are brown and orange birch boletes, the brown ones are completely safe to eat but the oranges ones are edible but with precaution because some people could be very sensitive with the toxin but if they are well cooked is ok. Usually is better to avoid red or orange boletes.
This is my favorite mushroom Cliff, but divorce has separated me from my favorite place to go. So I'm looking in Upstate NY. I love mushroom hunting, but don't quite trust myself to pick the right one. Your explanation was great. My x was the expert. Can't wait till spring. Thank you.
I am glad you found it helpful, Vivian. If you are not 100% sure regarding mushroom ID, I would suggest you perhaps join a local mycology club to get some hands-on experience. The bolete class of fungi are fairly easy to identify, but one should never eat any fungi unless 100% certain of it. There are very good fungi in your arean, but also some deadlies, too.
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This is the most excellent video I could find on the topic of identifying boletes. One question, what if the stipe is not tapered big to small from the bottom to the top? What if it is even the entire way, or tapered to be larger as it goes up?
Thank you. I've never really thought about this, but I have come across bolete form fungi with straight stipes, as you described. I never IDed them to confirm specific genus and species. I've seen Boletus bicolor and B. longicurvipes with straight stipes but they tend to fatten as they mature.
In Manitoba Canada orange Birch bolete mushroom and Slippery Jacks bruise to a blue color they are safe to eat and edible in this region
Turning blue is totally fine for edibility. It’s actually almost opposite;)
Agree.
"While some edible boletes will turn blue if cut or bruised, all known toxic boletes in North America will also turn blue. Thus, a novice forager can safely rule out potentially toxic boletes by testing for bluing" Second paragraph of the video description.
@@maggiecain what toxic boleteS(!) are you talking about? The only toxic one I’m aware of is B. Satanas and it’s very easy to ID. I guess I had to mention this important exemption out of the rule.
@@maggiecain novice forager should be aware of only one toxic bolete - Santanas ? Is there any more ?
Bullshit. There are plenty of toxic blue-staining boletes out there. OP never said in this video that ALL blue-staining boletes are toxic. He simply said that all non-blue-staining boletes are edible.
Just what I wanted to know- thanks!
The blue rule im not sure is absolut???
T'est vraiment correct. C'est une mode vite, pour identifier les Boletus en masse et facilement. Ca marche aussi pour les novices.
Not all blue staining boletes are inedible.
Yes, this is discussed in the description. Testing for the blues is simply a quick way to harvest in bulk.
This is a tired old comment repeated by someone who doesn't understand the concept of ruling something out using a general principle.
Is it not true that the bicolor Bolete stains blue but is edible
How about the Bolete bicolor? It does stain blue but it's still edible. Is it the only exception?
Other edible boletes turn blue, too. This is just a way for new foragers to safely weed out potentially toxic ones.
correct
If it turns blue it's not for you
Pretty much. Not all edible boletes will turn blue, but all or nearly all the poisonous ones do, so it's a simple way to avoid undesirable boletes unless one wants to start breaking out microscopes and doing spore prints.
Hi I found some Boletes today...when I cut the stalk, it immediatly turned purple then about only 10 secs it turned light grey. If it's not poisiones, does it just not taste good?
Often with plants, if they are poisonous they will taste off, but not with mushrooms. Many mushrooms can taste fine and still be poisonous. I can't tell what you found by descriptions, and often it's hard even with pictures as with fungi things like scent, trees and plants that were growing nearby and basal mycelia are also important to identification. Leccinums often turn a grayish or blackish color when cut. But as a rule, if in doubt, throw it out.
@@UNDERST0RY hello I could send pictures. I have also found truffles. And morels. On my property as well. I'm confident about the morels and truffles. The Boletes have "sponge" not gills the top is yellow these popped up after I ran a dozer in the woods. I live in the mountains of Southern Oregon. Thank you.
@@patricia2645 Sorry, Patricia, been working outside a lot lately and missed this. I would be happy to take a look at them. If you go to The Naturalist Channel FaceBook group and join, you can post pics there. The link is below.
Incorrect. Many edible boletus turn blue...
This is clearly pointed out in the second paragraph of the video description.
@@UNDERST0RY So why was it stated in the first?
@@noegojimmy If a person wants to know if a certain bolete is poisonsous, they can test for blue. If it's blue, the person doesn't know for sure it's poisonous or not. If it does not test for blue, the person can rest assured it's not poisonous. So, a novice can avoid death or illness by throwing out the blue bruising ones. That novice might also miss out on edible mushrooms, but it's a good tradeoff.
@@maggiecain Exactly.
I only pick xerocomus bruising blue, not sure about the rest...
OP never said in this video that ALL blue-staining boletes are toxic. He simply said that all non-blue-staining boletes are edible. Watch the video again if you don't believe me. You won't find it.
This is a tired old comment repeated by someone who doesn't understand the concept of ruling something out using a general principle.
Thank you for this video
After reading more comments please ignore my earlier, question
Hay Cliff!! I need some help swing by if you get a minute! King Boletes?
nice vid
So if it doesn’t turn blue it’s good to go
As long as you know it's a bolete.
Sooo many edible boletes actually bruise blue to greyish or greenish blue either immediately or after a while. Only a couple are actually toxic. You'd miss out on many edibles if following this "rule" with boletes. I suggest looking at other vids.
Thank you
@@joseymour2574 They'd also miss out on all the poisonous ones, too. Trust me, this advice is helpful. The novice can rule out ALL toxic boletes with one simple rule.
I’m finding a lot of boletes. Whenever I identify them using a mushroom app, in most cases I’m told not to eat them because they’re too bitter or don’t taste good. From this I gather that most aren’t worth eating with a few exceptions.
Trees are NOT as big underground as they are above. I’ve cut so many fallen down trees with the roots up , and never it was even comparable in size.
P. S. May be some trees. But not a general rule.
It somewhat depends on your understanding of root structures and whether you're speaking volumetrically or mass-wise. Most roots are feeder roots in or just below the topsoil, and they can extend as much as 8 times the width of the tree branches, further if we include mycelial networking. Mass below ground--estimates vary from 22% to 80%. You won't really notice most tree roots if going by cutting a tree and seeing what is pulled up because most roots are small feeder roots that easily break away when a tree topples.