Suillus subaureus

Orange-yellow pore surface DNS. Yellow cap flesh may stain red. Slightly viscid yellow-orange-apricot cap w/brown-red specks.

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Description

By Robert Gergulics of “The 3 Foragers”

Genus: Suillus

Species: subaureus

Tells: Orange-yellow pore surface DNS. Yellow cap flesh may stain red. Slightly viscid yellow-orange-apricot cap w/brown-red specks.

Full Information: Yellow dots on yellow stem darken w/age. Likes oak as well as pine, which is unusual for a Suillus.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns dark olive with a pinkish halo.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns olive.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff 0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians 295,

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North American Boletes 253 BENA 358

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