Leccinum pseudoinsigne

Yellow to red-orange, sometimes viscid cap. When young, white cap flesh stains reddish cinnamon & resolves to bluish brown-gray. Mature flesh stains straight violet-gray. Likes birch & aspen.

SKU: Leccinum pseudoinsigne Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 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, 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, 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, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” 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 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 2- Yellow to Yellow-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, STEM SIZE FILTERS, 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: pseudoinsigne

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Tells: Yellow to red-orange, sometimes viscid cap. When young, white cap flesh stains reddish cinnamon & resolves to bluish brown-gray. Mature flesh stains straight violet-gray. Likes birch & aspen.

Other Information: Buff pores age brownish & stain olive to olive-red-brown. White stem w/scabers that darken w/age from white through orange-brown to blackish.

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

Edibility: Good.

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns olive gray.

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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