Description
Genus: Boletus
Species: holoxanthus
Common Name:
Tells: Yellow cap, pores & stem flesh all blue quickly & then fade to dark gray. Coarsely red-netted stem & cap flesh also blue & then fade.
Other Information: In addition to the blues-and-fades characteristics: Yellow cap ages to orange- or golden-brown in the center, cracks & fissures w/age. Yellow cap flesh tastes nutty w/a sour component. Lemon yellow pores age to greenish yellow or olive. Coarse red-netting on a bright yellow stem. Yellow stem flesh is burgundy-red by the base & bug holes. Likes oak. The more widespread B. pseudosulphureus lacks the netting on its stem.
Edibility: Good.
CHEMICAL TESTS:
- NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
- KOH: No data.
- FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.
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