Phlebopus beniensis

Tropical. Dark grayish stem is yellow high, ages yellower, and can have a rough texture. Yellow pores age darker and bruise greenish blue. White to very pale yellow flesh bruises very slowly.

SKU: Paragyrodon sphaerosporus-1 Categories: 3. Found in Louisiana, 4. Found in Mississippi, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, 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, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 3- Iffy, 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 Blue, 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: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, 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, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Phlebopus

Species: beniensis

Common Name:

Tells: Tropical. Dark grayish stem is yellow high, ages yellower, and can have a rough texture. Yellow pores age darker and bruise greenish blue. White to very pale yellow flesh bruises very slowly.

Other Information: The name refers to Benin, where the species was originally found. Only known from Louisiana and Mississippi. The only member of the genus as yet found in North America. Photos show the cap flesh will slowly but incompletely bruise to a slate blue, with reddish notes in the stem flesh.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

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Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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