Gilled Bolete
(Phylloporus rhodoxanthus)
sculpture, acrylic paint
by "Wildman"
This mushroom has a cap from 1 to 3 inches across that may be convex to slightly funnel-shaped, dry and slightly fuzzy, usually cracked, reddish-yellow to brownish, and with yellow flesh.
Although it's a technically a bolete, the tiny pores near the stalk aren't always visible, and it also has gills -- quite a curiosity. The yellow gills, which sometimes branch, descend the stalk, and bruise blue.
The stalk is 1-5/8 to 3-1/4 inches long, 1/4 to 3/8 inches thick, narrow toward the bottom, and colored the same as the cap.
photo by "Wildman"
Look for it under deciduous or coniferous trees throughout North America in the summer and fall.
Although nonpoisonous, it's a bad-tasting mushroom -- not edible.
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