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Key 5.1
Leccinum
| Is the cap matted hairy, dry; bruises red then dingy
blue; grows in the West?
Yes |
Is the cap glabrous, viscid when wet? ...................
............... ....................
Yes |
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You have an L. fibrillosum |
| Is the cap white to gray-brown, sticky to viscid in wet
weather; flesh unchanged when bruised?
Yes |
Is the cap rusty-red to red-brown, almost viscid to dry
in wet weather; flesh staining red with gray tones?
Yes |
| Is the cap rusty-red to orange-red? .....................
Yes |
Is the cap orange-cinnamon with olive tones; grows
under aspen?
Yes |
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You have an L. aurantiacum |
| Is the cap white or nearly so?
Yes |
Is the cap gray-brown?
Yes |
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