Xanthoconium chattoogaensis

Creamy pores stain reddish brown. Smells a bit foul (‘rotting meat’). Golden brown cap. Buff-yellow stem browns going up.

SKU: Xanthoconium chattoogaensis Categories: 5. Found in North Carolina, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 3- Iffy, 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's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 2- Yellow to Yellow-Brown, 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 Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Xanthoconium

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: chattoogaensis

Common Name:

Tells: Creamy pores stain reddish brown. Smells a bit foul (‘rotting meat’). Golden brown cap. Buff-yellow stem browns going up.

Other Information: Very rare. Found only in the Nantahela Nat’l Forest, NC.

Edibility: Unknown. All the other Xanthoconiums are good or great, but “smells like rotting meat” is enough to give you pause…

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns wine red.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

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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