Description
Genus: Suillus
Species: helenae
Common Name:
Tells: Brownish- to orange-yellow cap flesh tastes acidic & DNS. Very viscid, pale brown, smaller, conical to bell-shaped cap w/yellowish tints by edge.
Other Information: Yellow to dark yellow pores can be huge and deep. “Resinous” yellowish stem darkens when handled, may have yellow dots, & often has a whitish “nest” of fibers (rhizomorphs) by the base. Found in Oregon and Idaho. Likes pine.
Edibility: Unknown.
CHEMICAL TESTS:
- NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
- KOH: Cap skin turns purple-brown. Cap flesh turns purplish.
- FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin and flesh both turn slowly gray.
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