Lanmao's bolete
Lanmaoa asiatica · 兰茂牛肝菌
Occasional牛肝菌科🔥 Edible With Preparation
Sources report it requires expert processing before it can be eaten; cases of poisoning from improper handling have been recorded.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap brown, pores yellow, bruising blue quickly
- Stem yellow with reddish brown spots, also bluing under pressure
- A bolete common in Yunnan, growing in pine forests
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 牛肝菌科
- Hymenium
- Pores
- Grows On
- Mycorrhizal
- How Big
- 5–12 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Ground in Yunnan pine forests
Easily Confused With
White onion boleteCap grayish white to pale yellowish brown, pores pale yellow
Poison boleteLanmao's bolete has a brown cap and a red-and-yellow stem; poison bolete has a yellow-brown cap with a powdery texture.
Satan's boleteLanmao's bolete has a brown cap rather than grey-white, and a red-and-yellow stem.
Cornflower boleteCap pale yellow, hairy surfaceFun Fact
'Jian Shou Qing' isn't one species — it's a Yunnan folk name for a group of boletes whose flesh turns blue almost instantly when bruised, as enzymes oxidize pigments inside.