Description
Genus: Boletus
Species: aurantioruber
Common Name:
Tells: White pores age yellow & bruise pale green to yellowish olive. Red/brown netting may be white at the top & bruises dark. Likes conifers, esp. Pitch Pine.
Other Information: Red/orange/brown cap fades w/age, has sterile edge, & is viscid when wet. Pinkish-cinnamon-over-buff, usually bulbous stem w/extensive like-colored netting & often yellow spots at the base. White flesh DNS & may have pink by the cap skin. Tubes may turn greener when dried. Found in the coastal Northeast.
Edibility: Choice.
Science Notes: The overall look and feel suggest a closer relationship to B. subcaerulescens than the other North American versions of B. edulis, though of course they are all pretty close from the tree of life perspective.
CHEMICAL TESTS:
- NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
- KOH: No data.
- FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.
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I just found this variant in the Thousand Islands NY. Unfortunately before I identified it I discarded it. Took several pictures to add if needed. Very tall stalks on the order of 8-10”. Taste was right on par with B.Edulis. So sad and I hope I find it again.