Leccinum rugosiceps (Pk.) Singer Cap 5-15cm across, convex; yellow-ochre to orange-yellow or yellow-brown when old; dry or moist, not viscid, surface pitted, rugulose-wrinkled, often becoming cracked-areolate with maturity. Tubes depressed or free around stem; yellow. Pores small; bright yellow. Stem 80-100 x 20-30mm, equal to clavate, fleshy, firm; pale yellow to pallid overall; surface floccose, punctate with a resinous feel, floccules darkening to blackish with age. Flesh thick, firm; pale yellow, turning reddish when cut. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores fusiform, (14)16-21 x 5-5.5µ. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat often gregarious in grassy oak woods. Found throughout northeastern North America. Season July-September. Edible – good. |