Description
Genus: Boletus
- Genus 2: Neoboletus
Species: subgraveolens
Common Name:
Tells: Strong odor, esp. when dried. Yellow or orange-yellow stem flesh is pinkish high, with deep red spot inside the base. Yellow-brown pores stain blue, fading to brown.
Other Information: Mottled, yellow-brown cap usually bruises blue or dark brown, & fissures in hot, dry weather. Unreticulated yellow stem w/reddish base, getting browner from the base upward, may bruise bluish. White to pale yellow cap flesh stains blue. Likes oak or aspen, but not exclusively. All but identical to B. fagicola, but without netting on the stem.
Edibility: Unknown.
CHEMICAL TESTS:
- NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin flashes blue before slowly turning to pink/purple.
- KOH: Cap flesh does not react.
- FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.
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