Austroboletus tequestae

Heavily cracked tan (with greenish tings) over white cap. Pores age from cream through pink to purple. White flesh DNS.

SKU: Austroboletus subflavidus-1 Categories: 1. Cap Tastes Bitter, Acrid, Astringent, or Peppery, 2. Found in Florida, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, 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, Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 2-Bitter, 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'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, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, 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 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: 4- Has Ridges, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: N/A

Genus: Austroboletus

Species: tequestrae

Common Name: N/A

Tells: Heavily cracked tan (with greenish tings) over white cap. Pores age from cream through pink to purple. White flesh DNS.

Other information: Rough, cap colored stem (it can be deeply ridged and netted) significantly longer than the cap is wide. Flesh is creamy white throughout, and DNS. As of 2024, this rare mushroom has only been found in the Florida everglades. Has a sterile margin projecting off the edge of the cap.

Edibility: Somewhat bitter, and so incredibly rare that trying it would be a sin.

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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