thomas_montgomery's Identifications

Hill country bolete
(UB-14) in BoENA 2nd addition.
Found under juniper and oaks
Stains black on cap and stipe.
Brick red cap is covered in red fibrils that seperate and crack similar to X. bolinii with a sterile margin. Yellow xerocomoid pores that turn orange with age.(staining black/blue) Upper portion of stipe is often reticulate (yellow staining black), stem yellow above and red below with red punctae. Often copious amounts if white mycelium at the base. In a cross-section white flesh stains blue in cap and upper portion of stem with red staining at stem base. Often found at the base of junipers and oaks and sprouting from areas of wood decay. Probably inedible, smells horrible when dried.