Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Synonyme: Boletus communis; Boletus chrysenteron;
Xerocomus chrysenteron; Xerocomus communis.
Name: Greek words khrysos "gold" and enteron "innards".
English: Red cracking bolete.
German: Gemeine Rotfussröhrling; Echte Rotfussröhrling; Rotfüsschen.
Region: northern temperate zones, Taiwan, introduced to New Zealand.
Habitat: hardwood, conifer woods, mycorrhizal with hardwood trees, often beech on well drained soils.
Use: edible but not desirable due to bland flavor and soft texture.
MycologyThis is a small, edible, wild mushroom. These mushrooms have tubes and pores instead of gills beneath their caps. The cap has a dark, dry surface, tomentose caps, ± 8 cm in diameter, with very little substance, thin flesh that turns a blue color when slightly cut or bruised, mature to convex and plane in old age. Cracks in the mature cap reveal a thin layer of light red flesh below the skin The stem is ± 8 cm in diameter, has no ring, bright yellow and the lower part is covered in coral-red fibrils and has a constant elliptical to fusiform diameter throughout its length of 4 to 8 cm tall. The cream-colored stem flesh turns blue when cut. The pores are large, yellow, angular pores. The spore print is olive brown. It grows singly or in small groups.
This species is easily confused with other
Boletaceae.