Hemileccinum subglabripes

Think hortonii with a smooth or barely-wrinkled red-brown cap. Cap flesh may taste slightly acidic, & may blue, but rarely.

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus subglabripes

Genus: Hemileccinum

  • Genus 2: Boletus

Species: subglabripes

Common Name:

Tells: Think hortonii with a smooth or barely-wrinkled red-brown cap. Cap flesh may taste slightly acidic, & may blue, but rarely.

Other Information: Buff-yellow stem w/a bit of red at the bottom & often an array of small yellow scales or spots. Yellow pores age toward dull, greenish yellow & DNS.

Science Notes: DNA testing has moved this mushroom into the newly erected genus “Hemileccinum”.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns grayish olive-green.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff 0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians 300

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