First person to use this name on MO: Douglas Smith
Editors: Michael Wood
Observations of:
this name (162)
this taxon, any name (170)
other taxa, this taxon proposed (48)
Rank: Species
Status: Accepted
Name: Phylloporus rhodoxanthus
Author: (Schwein.) Bres.
Citation: Fung. trident. 2(14): 95. 1900.
Deprecated Synonyms: Phylloporus rhodoxanthus subsp. americanus Singer, Gomphidius rhodoxanthus Schwein.
Misspellings: Phylloporus rhodoxanum, Phylloporous rhodoxanthus
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Phylloporus
Cap: 2.5-10 cm; convex, becoming broadly convex to more or less flat; dry; fairly smooth, sometimes beginning to crack in age; red to reddish brown, or olive brown to brown; fading; the margin inrolled when young, and with a small projecting sterile portion.
Gills: Running down the stem; distant or nearly so; yellow to golden yellow, dirtying with age; not bruising blue; thick; sometimes forking; sometimes with cross-veins.
Stem: 3-9 cm long; .5-1.5 cm thick; more or less equal, or tapering to base; sometimes appearing “ribbed” near the apex at the termination points of the gills; yellowish, with reddish dots and scruffies; basal mycelium yellow.
Flesh: White to pale yellow.
Odor and Taste: Odor not distinctive; taste mild.
Chemical Reactions: Cap surface blue with ammonia.
Spore Print: Yellowish to dirty yellow.
Microscopic Features: Spores 8-14 × 3-5 µ; smooth; long-elliptical to sausage-shaped.