Lanmaoa roseocrispans

Lobed cap fades from dark red to yellow w/pink in the folds. Yellow pores bruise green- or gray-blue; cap does too, but slower. Very “robust, hefty, and dense” yellow flesh gets orange by the stem base.

Description

Name in North American Boletes: N/A

Genus: Lanmaoa

Species: roseocrispans

Common Name:

Tells: Lobed cap fades from dark red to yellow w/pink in the folds. Yellow pores bruise green- or gray-blue; cap does too, but slower. Very “robust, hefty, and dense” yellow flesh gets orange by the stem base.

Other Information: Dark-red-over-yellow stem (yellow high) tapers going down, esp. at the base. Pores conspicuously depressed by the stem on older specimens.

Science Notes:

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface quickly stains pale gray.
  • 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  0 235

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