Baorangia rufomaculata

Red-spotted, rusty brown cap lightens toward honey-yellow. Oft-ribbed stem yellow high, mottled deep red going down.

SKU: Boletus rufomaculatus Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 4. Found in Mississippi, 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 Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, 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 Huge, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” 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: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, 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 Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 4- Has Ridges, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Baorangia

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: rufomaculata

Species 2: rufomaculatus

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Tells: Red-spotted, rusty brown cap lightens toward honey-yellow. Oft-ribbed stem yellow high, mottled deep red going down.

Other Information: Yellow pores stain blue, & both darken & often get rusty spots w/age. Pale yellow cap flesh blues slowly & mostly by the tubes. Likes beech in mixed woods. Some foragers report a distinct and unpleasant “off” or “rotten” odor that other people in the party do not notice.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns yellowish. Cap flesh turns dark yellow.
KOH: Cap skin turns dark amber. Cap flesh turns pinkish-amber to amber.
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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