Aureoboletus abruptibulbus (“Sand Bolete”)

Likes sand dunes. Very bulbous stem is yellow high but darkens to the cap color going down. Red- or dark-brown cap ages cinnamon.

SKU: Boletus auriporus Categories: 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 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: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, 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's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, 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: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, Stem Is Thin & Stringy, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 2- Is Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Aureoboletus

Genus2 : Boletus

Species: abruptibulbus

Common Name: “Sand Bolete” or “Abruptly Bulbous Sand Bolete”

Tells: Likes sand dunes. Very bulbous stem is yellow high but darkens to the cap color going down. Red- or dark-brown cap ages cinnamon.

Other Information: Yellow pores age toward olive & DNS. White to pale yellow cap flesh DNS. Cap can be slightly viscid (sticky) when wet. Found in coastal sand dunes in the Florida Panhandle. Spore print olive-brown. Full Scientific Description – Published 2009.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap and stem surfaces turns dark red, fading after 15 seconds.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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