Xanthoconium affine variations (“Spotted Bolete”)

Brown (red-, yellow-, or dark) cap may have yellow spots. White pores age yellow-tan & stain darker. White/tan “shaved leg” stem.

SKU: Xanthoconium affine Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in Kansas, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Louisiana, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Mississippi, 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 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 a Color Other than Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 5- Choice, 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 Other than Blue, 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 Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, 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: 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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Genus: Xanthoconium

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: affine (var. affine, var. maculosus, & var. reticulatum)

Species 2: affinis

Common Name: “Spotted Bolete” (for affine var. maculosus)

Tells: Brown (red-, yellow-, or dark) cap may have yellow spots. White pores age yellow-tan & stain darker. White/tan “shaved leg” stem.

Other Information: White cap flesh DNS or stains yellow, esp. around larval tunnels. Cap can get pitted or cracked, esp. w/age. There are three recognized variations in this complex. Affine var. affine has no netting except a tiny bit at the very top; affine var. maculosus, called the Spotted Bolete because it has white/yellow spots on the cap; & affine var. reticulatum, which has conspicuous brown netting on the stem. Yellow-brown spore print. Funny Note: Mrs. B.F. (Hi dear!) came up with the catchphrase, “those Xanthoconium girls like to shave their legs!” The funny thing is that it works. Once you get the image in your head, you’ll remember and recognize these stems every time.

Edibility: Choice when they aren’t buggy – which they usually are, alas.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns rusty tan (var. affine), or orange to cinnabar (var. maculosus). No data for var. reticulatum.
KOH: No data, except that var. reticulatum has no reaction on the flesh.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh slowly turns olive-gray for var. affine; no data for the other two.

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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