Leccinum fallax

Whitish stem w/dark brown scabers swells to a bulb at the base. Stem flesh may have greenish-blue stains at base. White-buff pores bruise reddish brown. Likes conifers.

SKU: Leccinum fallax Categories: 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Edibility: 4- Good, FILTER SET #1: REGION, FILTER SET #2: CAP FEATURES, FILTER SET #3: PORE FEATURES, FILTER SET #4: STEM FEATURES, FILTER SET #5: CAP FLESH (CONTEXT) FEATURES, FILTER SET #6: SPORE PRINT, FILTER SET #7: HABITAT FILTERS, FILTER SET #8: EDIBILITY, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >8” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Spore Print is 2- Yellow to Yellow-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST

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Description

Genus: Leccinum

Species: fallax

Common Name:

Tells: Whitish stem w/dark brown scabers swells to a bulb at the base. Stem flesh may have greenish-blue stains at base. White-buff pores bruise reddish brown. Likes conifers.

Other Information: Dark red-brown to rusty-red cap. Cap flesh DNS or darkens slowly. Found in the Rocky Mountains. Very similar to L. subalpinum, a Southwest Mountains species with a velvety cap that grows only at high altitude and does not have the bulbous stem-base. See also L. fibrillosum, which has cap flesh that stains pink before going dark. This is a true North American species, which is a welcome change from the norm for red- and orange-capped Leccinums.

Science Notes: See this Article on the Red-Cap Leccinum Taxonomy Mess.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

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

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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North American Boletes

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