Hemileccinum floridanum

“Hi, I’m an undistinctive southern bolete.” Reddish brown cap skin may taste acidic. White flesh may be pinkish-red by the cap skin, & slowly stains yellow from the cap edge in & stem top down.

SKU: Boletus subglagripes-1 Categories: 2. Cap Tastes Sour or Acidic, 2. Found in Florida, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than 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 is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, 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 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: N/A

Genus: Hemileccinum

Species: floridanum

Common Name:

Tells: “Hi, I’m an undistinctive southern bolete.” Reddish brown cap skin may taste acidic. White flesh may be pinkish-red by the cap skin, & slowly stains yellow from the cap edge in & stem top down.

Other Information: A tough ID because its most distinctive feature may be the lack of distinctive features. Whitish stem ages yellower high, may have red tints below, has vertical striations, & ends in a pinched base. Yellow pores age darker, are depressed by the stem, and DNS. Tubes are easy to separate from the cap flesh. White mycelium. No distinctive odor or taste except the occasional sour note. Likes oak.

Science Notes: A new species first published in 2021. The holotype is from Florida. The range is unknown.

Edibility: Good. One of the species authors even used the word “great.”

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap turns live and then orange or amber with a green ring. Flesh has no reaction.
KOH: Cap turns brownish red or light orange sometimes fading to light green. Flesh turns pale orange or yellow, which fades to nothing.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap turns dark orange–amber to orange. Flesh may have no reaction or may turn light grayish olive-green.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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