Identifying Your Bolete
5.12
SNELL’S BOLETE
Leccinum snellii
Frequency
Infrequent
Habitat Area
Under birches.
Cap
Blackish-brown pileus, paler near the margin.
Margin
Even.
Tubes
Adnate, long, depressed near the stalk, whitish at first, browning in age.
Pores and Pore Surface
Whitish, browning in age or sometimes when bruised; pores circular, 1,5-3 per mm.
Stalk
Equal to enlarging toward the base, frequently bluing near the base when cut.
Stalk Feature
Whitish with black scabers in age; sometimes with bluish green stains near the base.
Flesh
White staining reddish, sometimes slowly, when cut, especially at the juncture of the cap and stipe, darkening to purple-gray to black after one hour or more.
Basal Mycelium
White.
Chemical reactions
Flesh: no reaction with KOH and NaOH; towards bluish gray with FeSO4 and NH4OH; a strong reaction towards brown with phenol and towards red with formalin.
Cap and stipe: towards beige on the cap for KOH, NaOh and NH4OH; nothing for FeSO4; phenol goes from beige to black, while formalin goes from beige to pinkish and then to gray.
Tubes: beige for KOH, NaOH and NH4OH; gray for FeSO4, phenol and formalin.
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