Aureoboletus russellii (“Russell’s Bolete”)

Long, deeply textured, pink-tan to red-brown stem is quite viscid, esp. by the base. Variable-colored cap often fissured or in scale-like patches.

SKU: Boletellus russellii 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, 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 is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, 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 Huge, 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: 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 Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or 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 Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 2- Is Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Stem: 4- Has Ridges, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: Netting is RED, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletellus russellii

Genus: Aureoboletus

Genus 2: Boletellus
Genus 3: Frostiella

Species: Russellii

Common Name: Russell’s Bolete

Tells: Long, deeply textured, pink-tan to red-brown stem is quite viscid, esp. by the base. Variable-colored cap often fissured or in scale-like patches.

Other Information: Cap color varies from yellow-brown to reddish-brown to olive-gray. Deep yellow to greenish-yellow pores DNS, or sometimes get brighter yellow. Yellow or pale yellow cap flesh DNS, but often browns around larval tunnels. A fairly rare mushroom that is often confused with Boletellus betula. Russellii has a viscid stem while betula does not.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns reddish. Cap flesh does not change.
KOH: Cap skin does not change. Cap flesh may turn reddish, but not always.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin turns olive gray. Cap flesh turns blackish blue.

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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