eat-bolete Posted June 24, 2015 Report Posted June 24, 2015 Please help identify. B. edulis? B. reticulatus? B. variipes?
Dave W Posted June 25, 2015 Report Posted June 25, 2015 Xanthoconium affine. This species is highly variable in appearance. Very common summer bolete... likes all types of trees.
eat-bolete Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Posted June 25, 2015 Thanks Dave. Looking now at images in my "North American Boletes" book, I don't think I'd be able to identify it by the looks. What features helped you identify it as X. affine? I should've collected it to see if spore print has yellow tint. What causes caps to crack?
Dave W Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Fluctuations in humidity can cause a cap to crack. Xanthoconium affine cap color is highly variable. I just posted this at Mushroom Observer. http://mushroomobserver.org/207789?q=2b2wD Features that help one ID affine are... (usually) somewhat velvety cap surface, pores with yellowish/ochre tint but never green, stalk surface whitish with brownish streaks. Like you say eat-bolete, the spore print color is very useful for this species. It's a very common species in my local woods, so I've got a lot of practice recognizing it over the years.
eat-bolete Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Posted June 26, 2015 Thanks Dave. I see that there are a few variations of X. affine, some listed as edible, some as of unknown edibility. Would you say it is safe to consume or it is important to find out exact var.?
Dave W Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 I consider the X. affine types to be safe to eat. I have eaten all locally available Xanthoconium species. Potential problems are confusion with a bitter look-alike and frequent insect infestation.
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