Boletus subdepauperatus

Oft-cracked, dingy olive-brown cap ages to yellow-brown. Yellow pores age dingy & bruise blue. Pale buff cap flesh stains blue. Yellow-brown stem w/brown spots.

Description

Genus: Boletus

Species: subdepauperatus

Common Name:

Tells: Oft-cracked, dingy olive-brown cap ages to yellow-brown. Yellow pores age dingy & bruise blue. Pale buff cap flesh stains blue. Yellow-brown stem w/brown spots.

Other Information: A small (cap <2″) mushroom described as “inconspicuous” and “easy to overlook.” This link goes to a black and white photo in the University of Michigan archives.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns amber.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff 0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians 0 North American Boletes 162

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