Boletus rubissimus

Red/pink cap browns w/yellow edge, often yellow mottling. Yellow pores bruise grayish blue. Thick, pale yellow flesh blues, sometimes weakly. Stem powder-yellow above & red by base w/fine netting. Rare.

SKU: Boletus speciosus-2 Categories: 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, Cap Flesh Stains Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), 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, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or 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 Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Boletus

Genus 2: Butyriboletus (to which it may be moved when a specimen can be found for testing)

Species: rubissimus

Common Name:

Tells: Red/pink cap browns w/yellow edge, often yellow mottling. Yellow pores bruise grayish blue. Thick, pale yellow flesh blues, sometimes weakly. Stem powder-yellow above & red by base w/fine netting. Rare. Likes oak, or sometimes oak mixed with pine.

Other Information: Think of a finely netted Butyriboletus with a mottled cap and flesh that blues erratically.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: Cap skin slowly yellows.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Flesh turns grayish.

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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