Boletus smithii

Yellow pores stain blue. Stout stem red/pink high & yellow low. Tawny cap reddens & may crack or fissure w/age. Western species.

SKU: Boletus smithii Categories: 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 2. Found in California, 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, 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'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: 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, 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, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST

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Genus: Boletus

Genus 2: Pulchroboletus?

Species: smithii

Common Name:

Tells: Yellow pores stain blue. Stout stem red/pink high & yellow low. Tawny cap reddens & may crack or fissure w/age. Western species.

Other Information: The pale yellow cap flesh blues unpredictably, from rapid, to erratic, to not at all depending on the find. It may also taste vaguely lemony. Be careful to do a nibble test, since newer people could confuse this for one of the inedibly bitter Caloboletus species.

Science Notes: Rumor has it this species may end up as a large, west coast representative of the new genus Pulchroboletus. This is supported by the informal “tell” that senior foragers have started to use for that genus: the flesh turns a brilliant orange when exposed to heat.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: Cap skin turns dark reddish-brown to black.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns blue-gray.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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