Poison bolete
Sutorius venenatus · 毒新牛肝菌
Rarely Seen牛肝菌科⚠️ Poisonous
Reference sources list this as a poisonous mushroom.
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 yellowish brown, powdery textured surface
- Pores yellow; stem yellow with reddish brown spots
- Flesh bruises blue when cut; grows in conifer 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
- 6–15 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rarely Seen
- Habitat
- Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests of East Asia
Easily Confused With
Lanmao's boleteLanmao's bolete has a brown cap and a red-and-yellow stem; poison bolete has a yellow-brown cap with a powdery texture.
White onion boleteWhite onion bolete has a grey-white to pale brown cap and a pale yellow stem; poison bolete has a powdery yellow-brown cap.Fun Fact
It looks nearly identical to the Jian Shou Qing group and bruises blue just the same, but records document clear cases of gastrointestinal poisoning from it — turning blue doesn't mean it belongs on your plate.