Butyriboletus pulchriceps

Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus pulchriceps

Genus: Butyriboletus

• Genus 2: Boletus

Species: pulchriceps

Common Name:

Tells: Smells nutty sweet. Pale pink cap darkens by edge & often cracks. Well but delicately netted, lighter-than-cap colored stem. Found in Arizona. Likes oak.

Other Information: Pale yellow cap flesh is deeper by the tubes & blues weakly before fading to white. Yellow pores age to brownish olive, & bruise weakly or DNS. Pale yellow stem flesh DNS.

Science Notes: DNA testing moved this mushroom from Boletus to a newly erected genus called “Butyriboletus” (“butyri” being latin for “butter” and this being one of the Butter Boletes).

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

• NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
• KOH: No data.
• FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

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