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Bolete Eater
A parasitic mould that overgrows boletes, first as a white cottony layer, then as a bright golden-yellow powder, and finally as a reddish brown pimpled crust. By the late stages the host is soft and rotting. Foragers meet it often on summer and fall boletes.
Not edible. Wikipedia states the mould and the boletes it infects are not edible and may be poisonous. Discard any bolete with white, yellow or brown mould.
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