Leccinum luteum

Cap ages from pale yellow to olive-brown & from wrinkled to pitted to fissured. Likes hornbeam & ironwood. Flesh stains pinkish gray, resolving to brown.

SKU: Leccinum luteum Categories: 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in Ontario, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh is White, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, 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, 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: 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, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, 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 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST

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Description

Genus: Leccinum

Species: luteum

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Tells: Cap ages from pale yellow to olive-brown & from wrinkled to pitted to fissured. Likes hornbeam (a/k/a ironwood). Flesh stains pinkish gray, resolving to brown.

Other Information: White pores age to olive-buff, stain pinkish gray, & are deeply depressed at the stem. Stem is whitish high & yellowish low w/gray to black scabers.

Edibility: Good

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: Cap skin turns orange-cinnamon to pale red.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh slowly turns olive.

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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