Xerocomus hortonii (“Corrugated Bolete”)

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

SKU: Boletus hortonii Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in Kansas, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, 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 Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Cap Texture is: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Deciduous (Leafy) 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, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus hortonii

Genus: 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.”

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

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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North American Boletes

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BENA

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