Navigation

The Bolete Filter Triage (A Synoptic Key) for North American Boletes

Xerocomus illudens

Broad, coarse reticulation goes only partway down the yellow stem. Likes oak. Lemon yellow pores DNS.

SKU: Boletus illudens Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in Kansas, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), 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 is Mature & Its Pores are Huge, My Mushroom's Cap is >.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, 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, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 4- Has Ridges, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: Netting is white, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

Description
Discussions

Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus illudens

Genus: Xerocomus

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: illudens

Common Name:

Tells: Broad, coarse reticulation goes only partway down the yellow stem. Likes oak. Lemon yellow pores DNS.

Other Information: B. tenax has reticulation that goes all the way down the stem, usually ending in a tapered and woody bottom.

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

Edibility: Good

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface turns brilliant blue-green and then slowly darkens to a somber shade.
KOH: Cap surface turns dark brown.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Both the cap surface and flesh slowly turn blue-gray.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

0

Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

0

North American Boletes

121

BENA

426

Got something to discuss?

Please insert the code above to comment

Notify of new replies to this comment