Gastroleccinum scabrosum

Yellow stem pales going down & is coated w/yellow- to orange-brown scabers. Dingy lemon-yellow pores age toward olive-yellow, & bruise brownish to blackish.

Description

Genus: Gastroleccinum

Species: scabrosum

Common Name:

Tells: Yellow stem pales going down & is coated w/yellow- to orange-brown scabers. Dingy lemon-yellow pores age toward olive-yellow, & bruise brownish to blackish.

Other Information: Small (<3″) yellow-brown cap pales toward the edge. Pale buff cap flesh slowly stains dull pinkish. Found in Michigan. Likes mixed oak & hickory.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
  • 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 184

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