Leccinum fibrillosum

Cap- and upper-stem flesh stain pink, then darken to dull purplish. Thick pepper-on-salt stem. Buff pores age to olive-brown, & stain brown. Likes conifers.

SKU: Leccinum fibrillosum Categories: 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 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), Coniferous ("Needle-y") 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'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: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, 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 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 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST

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Description

Genus: Leccinum

Species: fibrillosum

Common Name:

Tells: Cap- and upper-stem flesh stain pink, then darken to dull purplish. Thick pepper-on-salt stem. Buff pores age to olive-brown, & stain brown. Likes conifers.

Other Information: Reddish-brown cap. Found in the Rocky Mountains. Very similar to L. fallax, another Rocky Mountains species that grows only at high altitude but has a conspicuously club-shaped stem and flesh that does not stain pink. See also L. subalpinum, a high altitude mushroom from the Southwest.

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

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns greenish blue.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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