Xerocomellus dryophilus

Velvety, deep red or red-brown cap cracks w/age. Yellow pores stain blue. Flesh may slowly blue. Stem yellow on top, red going down.

SKU: Boletus dryophilus Categories: 2. Found in California, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, 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: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, 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's Cap is >0.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus dryophilus

Genus: Xerocomellus

Genus 2: Boletus
Genus 3: Xercomus

Species: dryophilus

Common Name:

Tells: Velvety, deep red or red-brown cap cracks w/age. Yellow pores stain blue. Flesh may slowly blue. Stem yellow on top, red going down.

Other Information: Lives under coastal oak.

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

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Blue-stained cap flesh turns yellow.
KOH: Blue-stained cap flesh turns yellow.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap surface turns bluish-green. Blue-stained cap flesh turns yellow.

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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