Phylloporopsis boletinoides (“Gilled Bolete”)

Gills (not pores) are more olive-buff than yellow, rarely stain blue or blue-green. Whitish flesh slowly stains gray & may taste slightly acidic.

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Description

Genus: Phylloporopsis

Genus 2: Phylloporus

Species: boletinoides

Common Name: “Gilled Bolete”

Tells: Gills (not pores) are more olive-buff than yellow & rarely stain blue or blue-green. Whitish flesh slowly stains gray & may taste slightly acidic.

Other Information: Cinnamon to dark pinkish brown cap with incurved edge ages to dull yellow-brown & flattens as it ages. Stem is usually pale yellow at the top, darkens to olive-buff or cinnamon going down, darkens w/age & occasionally stains dark blue to bluish green. Stem flesh may be hollow and/or darker at the bottom.

Edibility: Unknown

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface turns reddish or reddish brown.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap surface has no reaction.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians  0 North American Boletes 221 285

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