Sunny_0ne Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 I found this gorgeous mushroom in our N. GA woods this afternoon. They were growing under mixed hardwoods. I've seen them before, but never really investigated them. I'm still waiting for a spore print, but my tentative ID is that this is probably a Frost's bolete. Although all the descriptions say it stains blue, but this one didn't turn as blue as I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotabob Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 It looks like Boletus frostii to me, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmw Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Looks like B. frostii. No staining is kind of strange. If you have ammonia try a drop on the cap and flesh and see what happens. Should be no change on the cap and on the flesh it should turn grey or yellow if it is indeed B. frostii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny_0ne Posted August 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 jmw, I just put a drop of ammonia on the cap and on the flesh of the cut stalk. There was no change on the cap. The stalk flesh darkened a little -- not sure if it was gray. But a ring formed around the outside of the drop of ammonia that was originally a green-blue which faded to dark grey. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmw Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 B. frostii on ammonia test should have a neutral reaction on the cap and grey to yellow reaction on the flesh. If your reaction on the cap was neutral and the reaction on the stalk flesh was grey then I would say it is a good sign for B. frostii. I know that some boletes which are supposed to be stainers will sometimes not stain or stain less. Maybe Mr. Bolete aka Dave can weigh in here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny_0ne Posted August 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thanks, jmw. I am 95% sure that's what it is. I don't know why I couldn't get a spore print, but it didn't cooperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmw Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Blank spore prints happen sometimes and I am not completely sure why. My opinion, and that is all it is, is that sometimes we are trying to spore print a specimen that is not mature enough to drop spores or maybe has already dropped nearly all the spores in older specimens. Maybe Lady or somebody could explain that too both of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Georgeous Boletus frostii it is! A very distinctive mushroom species. Even though I have never found one of these --I have seen a few at organized forays-- I would still bet $20 (my limit) on the B. frostii ID. The reticulation on this one seems a bit "disorganized" and non-distinct near the stipe apex. But that bright red cap color, maroon pores, and coarsely reticulate reddish stalk are definitive. Mushroom Expert mentions the yellow droplets on the pore surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny_0ne Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Cool! YAY! I'm tickled with that ID! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyflyfsh Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 And there is one gorgeous mushroom I've never seen in person! Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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