Gastrosuillus suilloides

Stem often stunted. Greenish- to olive-yellow pores are covered by a membrane. Stem & cap both buff to brown. Nothing stains.

Description

Genus: Gastrosuillus

Species: suilloides

Common Name:

Tells: Stem often stunted. Greenish- to olive-yellow pores are covered by a membrane. Stem & cap both buff to brown. Nothing stains.

Other Information: Only found in the high Sierra Nevadas in decomposing conifer needles (duff). An equivalent mushroom called Gastrosuillus larcinus is found in western New York. That has a dingy yellow cap streaked or spotted with reddish-brown, and stem flesh that is yellow near the top, darkens to orange or brown at the base, and blues irregularly.

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 185

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