Xerocomus morrisii (“Red Speckled Bolete”)

Yellow or yellow-green stem well speckled w/red or red-brown dots/scales. Brick orange pores age to dull yellow & stain red.

SKU: Boletus morrisii Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 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 Flesh Stains a Color Other than 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, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, 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 Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Xerocomus

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: morrisii

Common Name: “Red Speckled Bolete”

Tells: Yellow or yellow-green stem well speckled w/red or red-brown dots/scales. Brick orange pores age to dull yellow & stain red.

Other Information: Dark brown (olive-, red-, or grayish-) cap often has yellow by the edge. Pale yellow cap flesh often slowly reddens. Pores are deeply depressed at the cap. Likes oak and pine.

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

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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North American Boletes

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BENA

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