encrusted pileipellis elements. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with monterey pine or bishop pine ; growing scattered or gregariously; fall and winter; west coast. the illustrated and described collection is from california. cap : – cm; convex when young, becoming broadly convex when mature; sticky when fresh...
growing scattered, gregariously, or in small clusters on wet soil or very decayed wood; spring; fairly widely distributed east of the great plains, and reported from california. cap: - cm; convex, becoming planoconvex or nearly flat; bald; dark brown to dark reddish brown and moist when young and fresh...
illustrated and described collections are from illinois, michigan, and québec. fruiting body: – cm across; consisting of branches arising from a more or less central core that is attached to the wood; branches – cm thick, smooth, adorned with fleshy spines; spines – cm long, up to mm wide, white when fresh...
sterile surface; flesh thin, whitish; odor not distinctive. chemical reactions : koh and iron salts negative on all surfaces. microscopic features : spores - x - μ; ellipsoid to nearly football-shaped, with rounded or, not infrequently, flattened ends; typically with many small (< μ) oil droplets; when fresh...
and québec. description: ecology: mycorrhizal with hardwoods or conifers, in diverse ecosystems; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; summer and fall; probably widely distributed east of the great plains. cap: - cm; convex or nearly round at first, expanding to planoconvex or flat; tacky when fresh...
saprobic on the well decayed wood of conifers; growing alone, scattered, or, more often, gregariously; summer and fall; fairly widely distributed in north america, but not common. cap: - cm across; planoconvex with an inrolled margin at first, becoming nearly flat and centrally depressed; moist when fresh...
distributed in north america from the northeast to the southwestern united states, texas, and mexico--but apparently absent in the pacific northwest, on the west coast, and in the northern rocky mountains. cap: - cm; convex becoming flat or vase-shaped; the margin at first inrolled; deep to medium blue when fresh...
therefore probably to be expected in the arid regions of mexico and central america. the illustrated and described collection is from southern texas. cap: - cm high and - cm across at maturity; oval when very young, but soon more or less cylindric, with a rounded apex; shaggy to scaly; sticky when fresh...
(including boletellus pseudochrysenteroides and small forms of the usually larger boletus bicolor ). however, if you have fresh specimens in which the flesh at the base of the stem has not begun to discolor and deteriorate, you will be able to narrow down your identification competitors significantly...
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