From: Pyde_piper@excite.com   
      
   On 09/25/10 4:54 PM, sometime in the recent past Rusty Hinge posted this:   
   > 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 I've looked at of Hydnum rapandum look whiter than the   
   specimens that I've found and don't appear to have the long teeth either.   
   Could just be the pics. Here are three pics I took last August. I have other   
   shots, but couldn't find them in my filing system :(   
      
   http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2523091560101334522BYrGGv   
   http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2308301560101334522ClsIEb   
   http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2505566000101334522soQxBG   
      
   I have nibbled them raw without noticeable effects. What poison are you   
   talking about?   
      
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