Description
Genus: Lanmaoa
- Genus 2: Boletus
Species: carminipora
- Species 2: carminiporus
Common Name:
Tells: Deep red or red-&-yellow, oft-netted stem. Yellow baby pores soon turn red before fading back toward yellow in age. Pores bruise bluish green, resolving to dull olive.
Other Information: This is that big, red over red over red thing with yellow or pale yellow flesh; the one that’s been driving people crazy but is now figured out. Dull red cap ages to pink- or orange-red on its way to reddish- or dull-orange. Stem may get lighter going down, with netting that can vary from amazingly profound to all but nonexistent. Stem skin bruises brownish. Yellowish-white cap flesh & yellower stem flesh DNS. Pores also fade to orange-red with age. A southern and midatlantic species that has been recently found in the Northeast.
Science Information: It took whole genome testing to confirm this belongs in Lanmaoa.
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.
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