Suillus punctipes

Spicy/almondy/orange-popsicle smell. pale yellow to yellow-orange cap flesh DNS. Handling stains fingers brown. Likes wet to boggy soil. Orange/brown stem ages yellower w/brown-black dots.

SKU: Suillus punctipes Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, 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, 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 Tiny, 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 Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, 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 Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, Stem Is Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 2- Is Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, 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: punctipes

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Tells: Spicy/almondy/orange-popsicle smell. pale yellow to yellow-orange cap flesh DNS. Handling stains fingers brown. Likes wet to boggy soil. Orange/brown stem ages yellower w/brown-black dots.

Other Information: Viscid, yellow-orange-brownish cap is covered w/pale fibrils when young. Brown pores age to dingy yellow- or orange-brown. Stem often thickens going down & base may have red stains.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns purplish to brown.
KOH: Cap skin turns dull purple. Cap flesh turns purplish to wine-red.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns dull olive.

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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