Identifying Your Bolete
5.2
LECCINUM LUTEUM
Leccinum luteum
Frequency
Rare
Habitat Area
Under hardwood broadleaf trees.
Cap
Pale yellow to yellow-brow, pitted and aerolate at maturity.
Margin
Even.
Tubes
Adnate, more or less short, depressed near the stipe.
Pores and Pore Surface
Pore surface whitish, olive-buff at maturity, staining pinkish-grey when bruised; pores circular.
Stalk
More or less enlarged downward.
Stalk Feature
Whitish with grayish to blackish scabers.
Flesh
Whitish to pale yellow, staining pinkish-grey to purplish brown when cut.
Chemical reactions
The main reaction is the red color under the effect of KOH or NaOH.
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Refer to Boletes - Quebec et East of Canada.
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