Bothia castanella

Overall color varies through yellow, brown, pink, and chestnut. Stem is often netted, esp. at the top. Chestnut-brown cap can have red or yellow notes. Broad, angular pores bruise tawny brown.

SKU: Suillus castanellus Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, 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: 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 Huge, 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: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, 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 Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 5 - Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, 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: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Bothia castanellus

Genus: Bothia

Genus 2: Suillus

Species: castanella

Species 2: castanellus

Common Name: “Netted Suillus”

Common Name 2: “Chestnut Suillus”

Tells: Overall color varies through yellow, brown, pink, and chestnut. Stem is often netted, esp. at the top. Chestnut-brown cap can have red or yellow notes. Broad, angular pores bruise tawny brown.

Other Information: Likes oak. The tan, buff, or golden- to pinkish-brown pores look like a Suillus, but the dry (not viscid) cap and the netting on the stem make this a very unique mushroom. The name means “chestnut” & refers to the color of the cap, even though in some cases the cap can lighten up enough to be called “yellow-brown” or be red enough to call “pink”.

Science Notes: DNA testing has moved this mushroom from Suillus to the newly resurrected, single-species Genus Bothia – and then to adjust the species name to a feminine ending that will match.

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin has a variable reaction: red or orange with a wine-colored flash, or orange-amber with a purplish/wine colored flash. Cap flesh turns very pale yellow.
KOH: Cap skin turns dark brown, which fades to amber or yellow-amber. Cap flesh turns pale brown.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin turns grayish. Cap flesh has no reaction.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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Beth Climie

8 months 3 days ago

I think I found this in Mississippi. Can I send you pics?

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