I was wondering if anyone could help me identify these two mushrooms that I found on my walk on the North Shore (Vancouver) yesterday? I believe one is a yellow amanita muscaria (found under a hemlock tree). The other may be a Bolete, but I've never seen one with a brown sponge? It was near a small cedar tree and more hemlock. It does not blue when bruised (spore print was hard cause it was wet and stained the page). Thanks for any help in the ID
Your Boletacea looks like a Chalciporus. But growing under Cedar and Hemlock - i'm not familiar with that one.
I think you are right about the Chalciporus piperatus, it can be found in coniferous forests. thanks for the tip
In past years I've rarely seen a red/brown pored bolete, never found one myself, only seen the odd one on mass specimen displays. This year however, I've found several of them! I spent time with one specimen, similar to yours, but could not key it out successfully as there were always slight but significant character differences. I don't think red-pored boletes will be this season's theme mushroom group or species (I'm betting Laetiporus will eventually take that title) ... but I am intrigued as these boletes are new to me. -frog
Fortunately, there are only 5 species of Chalciporus in North America. C. piperatus is by far the most common and easy enough to test in the field (peppery taste!) but otherwise, I've met a million chalciporus and yours doesn't fit completely, although most people would call it that anyway.
OK, so maybe i've only met several hundred - but you get my drift ... =) Off to a mushroom festival this afternoon!!!
And it does have that lemon- peppery taste in spades. What aspects about mine don't fit the bill for Chalciporus? Ta Robin
