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Powdery Sulfur Bolete/ Ravenel's Bolete

Pulveroboletus ravenelii

Photo by PucaK
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Field Notes

Description:

Cap, ca. 2.5-inch diameter; bright yellow, not sticky, bruises blue. Evidence of a bright yellow veil/ring. Flesh stains pale blue when cut. Cap becomes dull/pale yellow with age, with some small orange patches.
Pore surface. Pale yellow, angular pores, 2-3/mm; strain blue when bruised.
Stipe. Yellow with chalky surface that comes off on fingers when picked; ca. 0.5-inch diameter. Some blue staining at base when cut.
Yellow staining with both KOH (3%) and NH4OH.
Spore print. Olive-brown.
Spores: ca. 9-10µ x 3-5µ

Habitat:

Growing by a trail in a mixed hardwood/pine woods.

Notes:

Formerly Boletus ravenelii

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