Suillus hirtellus

Viscid-when-moist, yellowish cap usually has red/brown tufts & may bruise brown. Oft-curved, yellowish stem w/dots that start yellow & age toward black.

SKU: Suillus hirtellus Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, 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, Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Edibility: 4- Good, 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, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Spore Print is 3- Pink-, Red-, Purple-, or Cinnamon-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Suillus

Species: hirtellus

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Tells: Viscid-when-moist, yellowish cap usually has red/brown tufts & may bruise brown. Oft-curved, yellowish stem w/dots that start yellow & age toward black.

Other Information: Baby pores often have whitish droplets & are pale yellow, but soon age to dingy olive-yellow & then on to dingy orange buff. Pores often bruise brown. Yellow flesh DNS. White mycelium.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No reaction.
KOH: Cap skin turns reddish brown.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin slowly turns pale grayish.

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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BENA

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