Leccinum insigne
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Leccinum |
| Species: | L. insigne
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| Leccinum insigne | |
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Leccinum insigne, commonly known as the aspen bolete or the aspen scaber stalk, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. It was described as new to science in 1966.[citation needed] The specific epithet insigne means "distinctive or outstanding".[3]
The cap is up to 17 centimetres (6+3⁄4 in) wide, orangish-brown, and semi-fibrillose.[4] The tubes are white to yellowish, staining brownish (not blue).[4] The stipe is up to 15 cm long and white with dark scabers.[4] The flesh is white, sometimes turning gray, and possibly bluish in the base.[5] The spore print is tannish.[4]
The species is found in North America, where its range extends from eastern Canada south to New Jersey and west to the northern Rocky Mountains. It is a good edible mushroom,[6][7] but there have been documented cases of adverse reactions; these range from headaches to gastrointestinal distress, which may or may not be attributed to food sensitivities alone.[8][9][10]
See also
[edit]Leccinum insigne | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown to yellow-brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible |
References
[edit]- ^ Šutara J. (1982). "Nomenclatural problems concerning the generic name Krombholziella R. Maire". Česká Mykologie. 36 (2): 77–84.
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Leccinum insigne A.H. Sm". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- ^ Smith AH, Weber NS (1980). The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-472-85610-7.
- ^ a b c d Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 540–41. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Bessette AR, Bessette A, Roody WC (2000). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8156-0588-1.
- ^ Beug, Michael W. (July–August 2017). "Amatoxin Mushroom Poisoning In North America 2015-2016" (PDF). The Mycophile. 54 (4): 13. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ^ Beug, Michael W.; Shaw, Marilyn; Cochran, Kenneth W. (Fall 2006). "Thirty-Plus Years of Mushroom Poisoning: Summary of the Approximately 2,000 Reports in the NAMA Case Registry" (PDF). McIlvainea. 16 (2). North American Mycological Society: 47–68. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ^ Beug, Michael W. "NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2007: Recent Mushroom Poisonings in North America" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-08-21.
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