Suillellus hypocarycinus (“Hickory Bolete”)

Yellow flesh & orange-red pores quickly blue. White to yellow stem (yellow high) speckled red, esp. low. Brown to yellow-brown cap.

SKU: Boletus hypocarycinus Categories: 2. Found in Florida, 3. Found in Louisiana, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Mississippi, 5. Found in North Carolina, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, 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), Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 3- Iffy, 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 Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Name in North American Boletes: Boletus hypocarycinus

Genus: Suillellus

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: hypocarycinus

Common Name: “Hickory Bolete”

Tells: Yellow flesh & orange-red pores quickly blue. White to yellow stem (yellow high) speckled red, esp. low. Brown to yellow-brown cap.

Other Information: Yellow flesh stains quickly, but dries bright yellow. Likes oak as well as hickory, particularly by river shores. White mycelium.

Science Notes: DNA testing moved this mushroom into the newly resurrected genus “Suillellus.” The name means “under hickory.”

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface turns yellow-olive. Cap flesh turns blueish gray.
KOH: Cap surface turns dull gold-amber. Cap flesh turns orange-buff.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap surface turns olive-gray. Cap flesh turns gray-blue.

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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