Chalciporus rubinellus

Bright yellow flesh DNS. Reddish cap yellows & cracks w/age, never more than 2″ across. Rose-red or -pink pores.

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Description

Genus: Chalciporus

  • Genus 2: Boletus

Species: rubinellus

Common Name: “Purple-Red Bolete”

Tells: Bright yellow flesh DNS. Reddish cap yellows & cracks w/age, never more than 2″ across. Rose-red or -pink pores.

Other Information: Red or reddish stem mixed w/yellow. If it has yellow mycelium see Chal. pseudorubinellus.

Edibility: unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns blood red, becoming dingy orange. Cap flesh does not react.
  • KOH: Cap skin turns amber- to rusty-brown. Cap flesh does not react.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians  294 North American Boletes 174 198

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