Xerocomellus diffractus

Olive-brown cap ages lighter & develops heavy, often red-edged cracks. Yellow pores age greenish, slowly bruise blue, & are sunken by the stem.

SKU: Boletus chrysenteron-1 Categories: 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 2. Found in California, 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 Flesh Stains Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) 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 Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-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: 4- Has Ridges, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Boletus chrysenteron

Genus: Xerocomellus

Species: diffractus

Species 2: chrysenteron

Common Name: One of the “Red Crack Boletes”

Tells: Olive-brown cap ages lighter & develops heavy, often red-edged cracks. Yellow pores age greenish, slowly bruise blue, & are sunken by the stem.

Other Information: Yellow/gold stem has many fine red dots that get denser going down, and reddens overall w/age. White to pale yellow flesh blues slowly & erratically. Tend to fruit in fall & winter.

Science Notes: Published in N. Siegal & C. Schwartz, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, p. 434. One of the many species formerly grouped under the European name X. chrysenteron.

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

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