Speckled ochre bolete
Boletaceae Family
Angles captured. 8 frames of one subject.
Morphology
Cap 6–8 cm, pale ochre and finely speckled with darker flecks, dry, broadly convex. Pore surface bright chrome yellow, finely pored, lobed at the margin. Stipe pale, stout, reddish-brown toward the base.
Habitat & substrate
Leaf litter and moss under mixed hardwood with evergreen groundcover.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
A speckled pale cap over bright yellow pores fits Boletus, Hortiboletus or Aureoboletus. The reddish stipe base is the most useful feature shown.
To confirm this identification
Whether the yellow pores bruise blue.
Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 10:20. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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Dark chestnut boleteBoletaceae · Aug 6Moderate
Wine-red boleteBoletaceae · Aug 6Moderate
Orange-capped boletesBoletaceae · Aug 6Low–moderate
Red-capped bolete with yellow poresBoletaceae · Aug 8Moderate
Yellow-brown boleteBoletaceae · Aug 8Low–moderate