Leccinum chalybaeum

Very firm, shorter salt & pepper stem. Flesh bruises pinkish, aging toward dark purplish gray. Whitish pores are depressed by the stem & bruise olive/brownish. Likes sandy soil near oak.

SKU: Leccinum scabrum-1 Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 2. Found in Florida, 3. Found in Louisiana, 4. Found in Mississippi, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, 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), Cap Texture is: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, 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, 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: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Name in North American Boletes: Leccinum chalybaeum

By Arleen Bessette

Genus: Leccinum

Species: chalybaeum

Species 2: scabrum var. chalybaeum

Common Name:

Tells: Very firm, shorter salt & pepper stem. Flesh bruises pinkish, aging toward dark purplish gray. Whitish pores are depressed by the stem & bruise olive/brownish. Likes sandy soil near oak.

Other Information: Cap is viscid when fresh (often shiny when dry). Cap color starts pinkish buff & ages toward dingy yellow brown, often w/”steel gray” tints (esp. by the edge). A southern species. It’s not “chalcybeum,” “chalcybaeum”, or “chalybeum” but enough people misspell it to enter the keywords [laugh].

Science Notes:

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Flesh slowly turns pale greenish blue.
KOH: Flesh turns yellow.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Flesh turns greenish blue.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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