While rainfall has been blocking climbing, it has been causing a lot of mushroom fruiting in the white mountains. This latest trip was theoretically to go climbing at cathedral ledge (which did happen), but it came with a heaping side of foraging.

Among the fungi I found were: red cracked boletes, trumpet chanterelles, and regular chanterelles. I also found a number of boletes that I found difficult to ID, and a vase-shaped fungus that people call a scaly vase- these are rumored to be inedible, so I did not eat them.

People seem to be on the fence about the red cracked bolete- in my opinion they are certainly food.

Novelty-sized Bolete

This thing was huge-easily 7″ across, with the dark bluish staining on the cap where it was cut and green staining on the yellow tubes/pores on the bottom. the cap was cream colored with brown. It looked tasty but without a positive ID, I decided not to eat it.

Mystery Bolete

At first I assumed this was a cep due to the “netting” pattern, but the flesh seemed to bruise. I have not figured out what it was, but maybe once I am more familiar I will figure it out!