Gyroporus cyanescens (“Bluing Bolete”)

Brittle white cap flesh (dark brown zone by skin) stains indigo blue, resolving to creamy buff. Stem flesh blues stronger. Cap-colored stem is hollow & stuffed with “cotton.”

SKU: Gyroporus cyanescens Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, 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), Deciduous (Leafy) 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's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Blue, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Spore Print is 2- Yellow to Yellow-Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Gyroporus

Species: cyanescens

Species 2: cyanescens var. cyanescens

Common Name: “Bluing Bolete”

Tells: Brittle white cap flesh (dark brown zone by skin) stains indigo blue, resolving to creamy buff. Stem flesh blues stronger. Cap-colored stem is hollow & stuffed with “cotton.”

Other Information: Bluing may be erratic or (rarely) nonexistent. Buff to yellowish-tan cap skin bruises greenish-blue to blue. Likes birch and poplar but not exclusively.

Edibility: Edible but sort of meh.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

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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