diana Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 I thought this would be an easy ID. I'm having a hard time finding this. Note: the cap skin was dry to touch and peeled off easily and cleanly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Some kinda Suliius, I'd say. Was there pine in the habitat? I'll check the NA Bolete books later this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Looks like there's some blue staining on the cut flesh, which --if true-- should make it relatively easy to ID this Suillus (presumably a Suillus). But, I've come up empty trying to find a match. Theb stem seems to be covered in sand/soil, which makes it difficult to get a read on the its surface, and whether or not there are remnants of a partial veil. Trees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 I don't believe there was any remnants of a veil and I seem to remember the trees as oak. Can't be sure on the trees though. With a choice of two being the usual (oak or pine) it's easy to forget which and I was lost with my phone at 20%. I do need to remember that I am terrible at remembering. Add to that a husband who tends to hurry me when I stop to observe, photo or whatever. I'm going to have to put my foot down, either he quits whining or I leave him at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Ha! Part of my personal exercise program is to allow my wife to get a hundred yards ahead of me while I photograph a mushroom along the trail. The double-time catch ups are a good workout. Maybe not a Suillus. There's not much overlap between the types of boletes that occur in FL and up here in PA. This is almost certainly a species I haven't ever observed first-hand. In the Boletes of Eastern NA book I found another possibility, Xerocomus pseudoboletinus (mentioned in comments under Xerocomus hypoxanthus). X. pseudoboletinus is a FL species. I haven't found much info on it, but there is a MyCoPortal page representing one observation http://mycoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=563473 which was found in scrub oak + pine woods. BENA says X. pseudoboletinus has yellow flesh that may stain slightly greenish (which appears to possibly be the case with the mushroom being considered). Also, X. hypoxanthus is another FL species that associates with oak. The one thing seen in the mushroom under consideration that seems to not fit genus Xerocomus is the cap surface, which appears to consist of an substantial/intact sticky/tacky cuticle. With Xerocomus I would expect a dry cap surface featuring a thin cuticle prone to cracking. Maybe the one seen here was just wet...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted January 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Not wet and not sticky. Just shiny. Was actually slick and dry but peeled easily. Cuticle = cap skin, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Yes, the cuticle is the skin covering the cap surface. Looking at some online photos of X. hypoxanthus, I don't think yours is this species. Still wondering about X. pseudoboletinus. But, overall, this still reminds me mostly of Suillus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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