Boletellus pictiformis

Blue-bruising, reddish brown/black, scabered stem often has yellow by the top. Dark cap often cracks w/age. Yellowish pores bruise blue.

SKU: Boletellus chrysenteroides Categories: 2. Found in Florida, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, 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 Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 2- Yellow to Yellow-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 SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Boletellus

Species: pictiformis

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Tells: Brown, coarsely shaggy scales on stem. Reddish-brown pores stain blue. Yellow cap flesh quickly blues. Dark, scaly cap.

Other Information: Stem scales often arranged in a netting pattern. Spore print unknown. Identical to B’us. fallax except that has greenish- to olive-yellow pores.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): (Based on B’us fallax…) Cap skin turns black. Cap flesh has no reaction.
KOH: (Based on B’us fallax…) Cap skin turns deep reddish brown. Cap flesh turns pale, orangey-yellowish brown.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): (Based on B’us fallax…) Cap skin has no reaction. Cap flesh has no reaction.

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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