Retiboletus vinaceipes

Grows with pine. Bugs leave dark brown holes w/bright yellow stains in flesh that may stain slowly red. White-gray, red-staining stem has broad netting that darkens w/age.

SKU: Boletus griseus var. fuscus Categories: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus griseus var. fuscus

Genus: Retiboletus

  • Genus 2: Boletus
  • Genus 3: Xercomus

Species: vinaceipes

  • Species 2: griseus var. fuscus
  • Species 3: fuscus (the name used at MushroomExpert.com)

Common Name:

Tells: Grows with pine. Bugs leave dark brown holes w/bright yellow stains in flesh that may stain slowly red. White-gray, red-staining stem has broad netting that darkens w/age.

Other Information: Likes pine (regular griseus likes oak), and also has a darker gray cap, and a stem that is a little more red toward the bottom. The stem flesh may also be a little more yellow that griseus‘. Like the regular version it has an unfortunate tendency to be bug-infested. Some outlier collections have blued in cut flesh.

Science Notes: Once supposed to be an invasive Japanese species, this is now understood to be a native counterpart to R. griseus that evolved to live with conifers rather than hardwoods, and has an Atlantic coast range from Canada to Central America.

Edibility: Good.

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 117 BENA 298

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