Description
Genus: Boletus
Species: atkinsonii
Common Name: “Atkinson’s Bolete”
Tells: Grayish- to yellow-brown cap may crack w/age esp. by the edge. Buff stem w/fine brownish netting. Likes oak & beech.
Other Information: White pores age toward dark yellow & DNS. The cap has minute tufts, especially when young, and mature specimens tend to develop crackling along the edges of the cap while the tufts get pressed down to invisibility. White cap flesh DNS, & may taste nutty-sweet. This species gets confused with B. variipes-fagicola so often that even the best experts make mistakes, but whole genome testing has proved the two are separate genetic species.
Edibility: Choice.
CHEMICAL TESTS:
- NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin flashes purple to magenta before resolving to purplish or brownish. Cap flesh has no reaction.
- KOH: Cap skin turns brown to pale orange (sometimes flashing purplish first). Cap flesh has no reaction.
- FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No reaction.
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