Location: Rollins Park, Rockville, MD
Habitat: Growing on grass, under oak, solitary
Description
Pileus - Orange/brown, velvety, somewhat flat with depressed center, ovoid, margin is incurved, context, context is light salmon color, flavor and taste are non-distinctive
Hymenium - yellow, with pores, pores are irregular and polygonal, surface does not stain when bruised, tubes are approximately 5 mm long
Stipe - solid, equal, eccentric, surface is coarsely reticulated, color is light beige, context is white and it turns light pink fast upon cutting, no ring or partial veil observed.
Spore print - not obtained
Impressions
This seems to be a specimen of Boletus illudens, an edible mushroom that usually grows between July-October, under oak, on the East Coast. Is is also known as Xerocomus illudens.
Update (09/06/2011)
I have posted some photos and the description on Mushroomobserver.org to see what other people think and I'll update this page later to include this information.
Update (09/06/2011)
Dave W from Mushroomobserver.org has suggested this specimen looks more like B. tenax. According to Roy Halling (also at Mushroomobserver.org) both mushrooms are very similar but the context is pale yellow in B. illudens and white in B. tenax. Also the stipe color is yellow in B. illudens and whitish in B. tenax.
References
Bessette AE, Roody WC, Bessette AR. North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Flesh Pored Mushrooms, Page 121
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