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Spring King Bolete

Boletus rex-veris 

Boletes often hide in the debris and needles that collect under conifer trees, only visible as humps referred to as "mushrumps"  

Boletus Rex-veris aka Spring King Bolete

Alan Rockefeller

Cap

pinkish brown 

Pores

white when young, yellowing with age, they do NOT bruise blue 

Stem

thick and club-like, white and covered in fine reddish mesh (aka reticulated) 

Spores

olive brown

Companions

Conifers, especially Pine

Seasons

Spring

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