Native to North America, perfumed bolete is a bolete mushroom that stains blue when cut, bruised, or damaged. The blue hues appear very slowly on the cap but very quickly on the stem. Its flesh is said to emit a pleasant scent reminiscent of over-ripe fruit.
Odor:
Smell of overripe fruit, dry aroma
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Attributes of Perfumed bolete
Cap
6.5-14 cm in diameter, very hemispherical, then broadly convex to sub-expanded.
Stem
6-9 cm long, 1.6-3 cm thick, strongly clavate to sub-globose toward base.