Boletus carminiporus

Well-netted, dark red stem stains brownish. Yellowish white cap flesh & yellower stem flesh DNS. Yellow baby pores soon turn red & bruise bluish green, resolving to dull olive.

SKU: Boletus carminiporus Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 2. Found in Florida, 3. Found in Louisiana, 5. Found in North Carolina, 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 Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, 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, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Blue, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: Netting is RED, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Boletus

Genus 2: Lanmaoa

Species: carminiporus

Species 2: carminipora

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Tells: Well-netted, dark red stem stains brownish. Yellowish white cap flesh & yellower stem flesh DNS. Yellow baby pores soon turn red & bruise bluish green, resolving to dull olive.

Other Information: Dull red cap ages to pink- or orange-red on its way to reddish- or dull-orange. Pores also fade to orange-red with age. Stem may get lighter going down. A southern species that has been recently found in the Northeast.

Science Information: As of 2024, the genus for this species has not been settled. Well respected authorities going back and forth between Lanmaoa and Boletus-for-now. We await a paper to get things settled for sure.

Edibility: Edibility unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface turns yellowish olive. Cap flesh turns bluish gay.
KOH: Cap surface turns golden yellow to pale amber. Cap flesh turns orange-buff.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap surface turns olive-gray. Cap flesh turns bluish gray.

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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