Pulveroboletus curtisii

Viscid, bright yellow cap tastes acidic and stains fingers yellow. Viscid yellow stem is often hollow & long compared to the cap.

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus curtisii

Genus: Pulveroboletus

  • Genus 2: Boletus

Species: curtisii

Common Name:

Tells: Viscid, bright yellow cap tastes acidic and stains fingers yellow. Viscid yellow stem is often hollow & long compared to the cap.

Other Information: White cap flesh DNS. White/buff to pale yellow pores age duller & darker, & DNS or stain orange. A little tough to identify. You almost think “Suillus.”

Science Notes: Initial DNA testing moved this mushroom from Boletus to Pulveroboletus, but subsequent and more refined testing moved it back, and now the authorities indicate that maybe Pulveroboletus was right after all. Go figure. We’re going with Pulveroboletus simply on morphology. It certainly isn’t a true Boletus, so we may as well get closer. Right?

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians  0 North American Boletes 106 BENA 294

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