Gyroporus cyanescens var. violaceotinctus

Description

Genus: Gyroporus

Species: cyanescens var. violaceotinctus

Common Name:

Tells: Buff to yellowish-tan cap & like-colored stem bruise dark blue. Brittle cap flesh stains dark lilac, then indigo, & finally dark blue.

Other Information: White, yellowish, yellow-green, to tan pores quickly stain blue. Likes birch, but not exclusively. Straight cyanescens stains greenish and then blue in its cap flesh.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

• NH4OH (Ammonia): Blue-stained cap flesh stays blue before shifting to green and then bright yellow.
• KOH: Blue-stained cap flesh stays blue before shifting to green and then bright yellow.
• FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

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