Gyroporus subalbellus

Cap varies in color, flattens w/age, & darkens brown when handled. Hollow stem. Whitish pores age yellower & slowly stain pinkish-cinnamon.

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Description

A beautiful array by Robert Gergulics of “The 3 Foragers”

Genus: Gyroporus

Species: subalbellus

Common Name:

Tells: Cap varies in color, flattens w/age, & darkens brown when handled. Hollow stem. Whitish pores age yellower & slowly stain pinkish-cinnamon.

Other Information: Whitish stem hollows w/age & flushes pinkish to salmon-orange, esp. by base, & is often stained yellow- to cinnamon-brown. Cap color can be anything from white to pink- or orange-cinnamon, with various shades of yellow, orange & pink in between. White cap flesh DNS. An Atlantic seaboard coastal mushroom that likes both oak and pine.

Edibility: Good.

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 192 215

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