Description
Genus: Boletus
Species: nobilissimus
Common Name:
Tells: Red- to yellow-brown cap pitted, often greatly. White pores age to greenish-yellow. Tastes sweet. Stem very netted, sometimes raised.
Other Information: Only confirmed find in an Letchworth State Park, N.Y. but reliable sources have seen it elsewhere too. Very similar to B. atkinsonii.
Edibility: Good.
CHEMICAL TESTS:
- NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin stains deep red-purple. Pores stain brown. Stem stains pale red-brown on the brown portions.
- KOH: No data.
- FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.
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