Xerocomellus truncatus

Yellow pores age darker & stain blue/green. White flesh ages yellow & stains blue/green. Deep brown cap may redden w/age & often cracks.

SKU: Boletus truncatus Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 2. Found in California, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh is White, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, 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, 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 is Mature & Its Pores are Huge, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, 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, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, 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, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 4- Has Ridges, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus truncatus

Genus: Xerocomellus

Genus 2: Boletus
Genus 3: Xerocomus

Species: truncatus

Common Name:

Tells: Yellow pores age darker & stain blue/green. White flesh ages yellow & stains blue/green. Deep brown cap may redden w/age & often cracks.

Other Information: Stem starts yellow at the top & purple-red at the bottom, ages to dark rose-red overall, & may have ridges. The cracks in the cap usually have reddish tinges. Likes conifers or mixed woods. Basically indistinguishable from the other Red Crack Bolete (X. chrysenteron) without a microscope to examine the spores.

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

Edibility: Good

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns greenish gray.

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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North American Boletes

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