Hemileccinum hortonii (“Corrugated Bolete”)

Heavily corrugated red/brown/tan cap. Nice, dense texture. Yellow pores may blue slowly & erratically, & darken w/age.

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus hortonii

Genus: Hemileccinum

  • Genus 2: Xerocomus
  • Genus 2: Boletus

Species: hortonii

  • Species 2: sublagripes var. corrugis

Common Name: “Corrugated Bolete”

Tells: Heavily corrugated red/brown/tan cap. Nice, dense texture. Yellow pores may blue slowly & erratically, & darken w/age.

Other Information: White/buff stem occasionally gets reddish tones by the base, & rarely has netting. White to pale yellow flesh DNS.

Science Notes: DNA testing moved this mushroom into the newly erected genus “Xerocomus,” until more recent work corrected that to “Hemileccinum,” which many people had suspected due to morphology. Compare to Hemileccinum subglabripes.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface flashes blue-green and then turns olive-brown. Cap flesh has no reaction.
  • KOH: Cap surface turns olive-brown. Cap flesh has no reaction.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap surface turns olive-tan. Cap flesh turns bluish-gray.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians 326 North American Boletes 119 BENA 421

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