Leccinum armeniacum (“Apricot Bolete”)

Cap is apricot-orange. Pores stain an odd lilac or flesh color. Stem is white with spots. Likes madrone.

SKU: Leccinum armeniacum Categories: 2. Found in California, 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: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Cap Texture is: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, 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 Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST

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Description

Genus: Leccinum

Species: armeniacum

Common Name: “Apricot Bolete”

Tells: Viscid, apricot-orange cap often has shallow pits. White-buff pores stain an odd lilac- or flesh-color. White stem flesh has pale bluish tints by base. Likes madrone.

Other Information: White cap flesh slowly & erratically stains pinkish. White stem w/white scabers that do not darken w/age.

Science Notes: See this Article on the Red-Cap Leccinum Taxonomy Mess.

Edibility: Good

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: Stem flesh turns yellow at the base.
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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