Suillus pallidiceps

Wrap in wax paper & the paper will turn purplish brown. Viscid to tacky, whitish cap ages to yellow & then dull cinnamon-buff, & may crack w/age.

Description

Genus: Suillus

Species: pallidiceps

Common Name:

Tells: Wrap in wax paper & the paper will turn purplish brown. Viscid to tacky, whitish cap ages to yellow & then dull cinnamon-buff, & may crack w/age.

Other Information: Small white pores age to yellow & DNS. White stem yellows by pores w/age. White to pale yellow cap flesh DNS. Found in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho. Likes lodgepole pine.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff 0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians 0 North American Boletes 245

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