Leccinum roseoscabrum

Pink scabers & ridges, esp. lower down, on an oft-curved white stem. Scabers darken w/age or handling. Oft-wrinkled, oft-spotted, dark- to chestnut-brown cap fades w/age.

SKU: Leccinum roseofractum Categories: 2. Found in Florida, 4. Found in Mississippi, 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: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 4- Good, 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: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, 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 Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Leccinum

Species: roseoscabrum

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Tells: Pink scabers & ridges, esp. lower down, on an oft-curved white stem. Scabers darken w/age or handling. Oft-wrinkled, oft-spotted, dark- to chestnut-brown cap fades w/age.

Other Information: Whitish to pale yellow pores bruise yellowish. Whitish cap flesh DNS, but slowly changes to pink, red or purple-red when cut. Likes oak, but not exclusively.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No reaction on cap skin. Flesh turns pale orange.
KOH: Cap skin turns brown. No reaction on flesh.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No reaction on cap skin. Flesh turns blue green.

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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