Leccinellum quercophilum

White stem w/fine brown scabers that bruise bluish-green. Wrinkled/pitted, dull- to yellow-brown cap bruises bluish-green & often cracks & fissures w/age. Likes oak.

SKU: Leccinum carpini Categories: 3. Found in Michigan, 5. Found in Ontario, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, 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: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 3- Iffy, 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 Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, 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 3- Pink-, Red-, Purple-, or Cinnamon-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Leccinellum

Species: quercophilum

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Tells: White stem w/fine brown scabers that bruise bluish-green. Wrinkled/pitted, dull- to yellow-brown cap bruises bluish-green & often cracks & fissures w/age. Likes oak.

Other Information: Creamy white pores & tubes. Cap flesh stains grayish. Only confirmed from Illinois, Michigan and Ontario, but the range is expected to grow over time.

Science Notes: A new species described by Michael Kuo of MushroomExpert.com fame.

Edibility: Unknown. Until recently this mushroom was thought to be part of Leccinum cf. carpini, which is considered a good edible. In the absence of specific information it has been downgraded here to “unknown.” Please let us know if it causes you any problems.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin has no reaction. Flesh may turn pinkish or have no reaction.
KOH: Cap skin may turn yellow or have no reaction. Flesh turns gray to greenish gray.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin has no reaction. Flesh may turn greenish or have no reaction.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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