Xerocomellus chrysenteron (“Red Crack Bolete”)

Olive-brown cap w/many red-edged cracks. Stem is yellow by pores, purplish-red by base, & bruises blue-green. Yellow pores age to brown & stain blue. Cap flesh blues slowly.

SKU: Boletus chrysenteron Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 2. Found in California, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Louisiana, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Quebec, 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 Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, 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 is Mature & Its Pores are Huge, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to 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 Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 4- Has Ridges, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus chrysenteron

Genus: Xerocomellus

Genus 2: Boletus
Genus 3: Xercomus

Species: chrysenteron

Common Name: “Red Crack Bolete”

Tells: Olive-brown cap w/many red-edged cracks. Stem is yellow by pores, purplish-red by base, & bruises blue-green. Yellow pores age to brown & stain blue. Cap flesh blues slowly.

Other Information: Stem may have ridges but is not netted. White mycelium. The rate of staining in the pores & flesh can vary a lot.

Science Notes: DNA testing moved this mushroom into the newly erected genus “Xerocomellus.”

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface may turn brown or have no reaction.
KOH: Cap surface turns dark brown or black. Cap flesh turns buff.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns lemon yellow or olive.

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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