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7 Records
Status
Found scattered or groups in mixed hardwoods, frequently near Yellow Birch according to references.
Description
Cap: Brown, convex to nearly flat; flesh white staining reddish near cap junction, then fading to gray. Pores: Whitish to gray-brown, may stain brown. Stalk: White with gray / black scabers, often with blue-green stains near base. Flesh of cut stalk slowly turns reddish near cap junction, then slowly fades to gray; lower stalk blue-green. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
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Snell's Leccinum (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). The two on the left are younger. Fruiting bodies were associated with River Birch.
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Joanne Solem.
Snell's Leccinum (side view of fruiting body removed from ground) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). Note dark scabers on light stalk and a few hints of blue-green near base of stalk.
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Joanne Solem.
Snell's Leccinum in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Snell's Leccinum in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Snell's Leccinum in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). Image features cut fruiting body showing reddish stains of flesh near junction of stalk and cap, blue-green stains lower portion.
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Snell's Leccinum in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). The reddish stains of cut fruiting body have faded to gray.
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Spores of Snell's Leccinum in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores collected from a Snell's Leccinum specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). Fusiform, smooth, pale brown; measured 6.1-6.9 X 3.6-4.1 microns.
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Robert Solem.