Caloboletus marshii
| Caloboletus marshii | |
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| File:2014-09-10 Caloboletus marshii D. Arora, C.F. Schwarz & J.L. Frank 454553.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Caloboletus |
| Species: | C. marshii
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloboletus marshii D. Arora, C.F. Schwarz, J.L. Frank
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| File:Pores icon.png | Pores on hymenium |
| File:Convex cap icon.svg | Cap is convex |
| File:Bare stipe icon.svg | Stipe is bare |
| Spore print is olive-brown | |
| File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svg | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
| File:Mycomorphbox Inedible.png | Edibility is inedible |
Caloboletus marshii, commonly known as Ben's bitter bolete,[2][3] is a species of mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It is not poisonous, but it is too bitter to eat.[2][3] It turns blue when cut or bruised, and it grows under live oak.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Caloboletus marshii was first unofficially described by David Arora as Boletus "marshii" in his book Mushrooms Demystified, which was first published in 1979 and later revised in 1986.[2][1][4] In 2014, Jonathan L. Frank formally described the species as Caloboletus marshii.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The cap of Caloboletus marshii is about 2-6 inches (6-15 cm) across, and the stipe is about 1-4 inches (3-10 cm) long and 0.7-4 inches (3-10 cm) wide.[3] The pore surface and the flesh are yellow, and quickly turn blue when bruised or cut.[3][2]
Similar species
[edit | edit source]Caloboletus marshii can be confused with the brown butter bolete, Butryiboletus persolidus.[3] It can also be confused with the white king bolete, Boletus barrowsii, which doesn't bruise blue as much as Caloboletus marshii.[3][5]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]Caloboletus marshii is a mycorrhizal fungus that grows under live oaks in California,[2][4] Oregon, and Washington.[4] It fruits in late summer and fall, often before the rains come. It is rarely found fruiting in November.[3]
Edibility and discovery
[edit | edit source]Caloboletus marshii is inedible due to its extremely bitter taste. However, this didn't stop a man named Ben Marsh from repeatedly trying to make it edible. This brought the mushroom to David Arora's attention, and he named it after Ben Marsh.[2][3][4]
See also
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