shantima Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Found these guys today in Idaho forest. Grow in sandy soil under pines. Google says could be golden-gilled boletes. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Interesting collection. Possibly a species of Phylloporus (gilled bolete). But I think they may be a species of Hygrophorus (waxy cap). Spore print would tell... yellow to brownish for Phylloporus and white for Hygrophorus. Take the print on both white and black background. Just in case there may be more than one species here (which I think not), take prints on a few different mushrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shantima Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Thank you Dave, I'll try spore prints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shantima Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Tried spore prints on white and black paper. White didn't show anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 Looks like you've got pure white spore prints. The disappearance on the white background confirms what appears to be white on the black background. (Sometimes a thin yellow/beige/pink print may appear to be white when viewed against black.) So I think these represent a species of Hygrophorus. The yellow gills are not a common trait in this genus. One species for which the gills become yellow (in age) is H. hypothejus. This is a late-season (chilly weather) species that favors pine trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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