Chalciporus piperatus


Chalciporus piperatus

The Peppery Bolete has a variably colored cap skin. The pores are brownish and do not stain blue like the pores of Chalciporus piperatoides. This bolete is considered parasitic rathert than ectomycorrhizal like most other boletes.

It is in the Boletaceae family of the Boletales order.