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Scarletina Bolete
A large bolete with a dark bay-brown, velvety cap, orange-red pores and a yellow stem densely covered in fine red dots rather than a net. All parts turn dark blue almost instantly when cut or bruised. It is common in European woodland, often under spruce and beech on acid soils. It is the type species of Neoboletus, erected in 2014.
Edible only when thoroughly cooked; raw or undercooked specimens cause vomiting and diarrhoea, and some people react even to cooked ones. It resembles toxic red-pored, blue-staining boletes such as Rubroboletus satanas (pale cap, red net on a bulbous stem). Beginners should avoid it.
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