From: danfan46@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2010-09-25 22:54, Rusty Hinge wrote:   
   > Wilson wrote:   
   >   
   > Look up Boletus versipellis and Boletus aurantiacus (Leccinum versipelle   
   > and Leccinum aurauriantacum)   
   >   
   >> Thanks Steve. The smaller cap that I'm trying to get a spore print   
   >> from has a dry surface this morning. Those pictures were taken with   
   >> wet specimens right after the rain. On the larger cap, I easily   
   >> removed the tubes which were yellowish all the way through. My Audubon   
   >> says that the tubes on the T. ballouii are 'attached and slightly   
   >> descending stalk.' The pics show that the tubes aren't descending.   
   >> What does 'attached' refer to?   
   >   
   > 'Attached' means that the sporangia or gills are attached to the stipe.   
   >   
   > Adnate: gills/sporangia connected to stipe for their full depth;   
   > Adnexed: connected to stem by part of the depth of the gills;   
   > Decurrent: connected to stipe and running down it;   
   > Free: gills not connected to stipe;   
   >   
   >> I have more in the yard, but those in the pics I sliced and dried in   
   >> the oven using only the pilot heat overnight.   
   >   
   > I'd dry the tubes too - except in the case of the larger specimen in the   
   > first pic, which appears to be attacked by another fungus. (The white area)   
   >   
   > I grind second-rate edible specimens to powder for seasoning in dishes   
   > which will be cooked. Remember, it is inadvisable to eat most fungi raw.   
   > There are some which are quite safe - many Agaricus, Lactarius volemus   
   > and others, but unless you are *SURE*, cook them before eating.   
   >   
   >> Lots of mushrooms out here in Maine right now. Had a couple of nice   
   >> meals around some Dentinum repandum.   
   >   
   > Not a genus I have come across, but reading between the lines, Hydnum   
   > rapandum. Don't eat these raw!   
   >   
   The pictures does not indicate a Leccinum.   
   To me they look like Boletus Edilus, but with a funny red hat colour.   
   /dg   
      
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