Ornate Bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)
Growing on a hillside in moss at the edge of a densely forested area in FLoyd County, GA.
Pileus: Brown with golden undertones. Dry. Slightly lumpy/bumpy. Iron Salt reaction-slightly deeper yellow. KOH-yellow to amber. Ammonia- orange to yellow to olive tones. Nonstaining.
Flesh-pale gold. Nontaining. Iron salts-Negative. KOH-Pale yellow to gray. Ammonia-gray/olive.
Pore surface- bright yellow. Stains amber when touched/cut. Iron salts-negative. KOH-yellow to dark orange. Ammonia-yellow to amber.
Flavor-Acrid.
''Retiboletus ornatipes'', commonly known as the ornate-stalked bolete or goldstalk, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Originally named ''Boletus ornatipes'' by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1878, it was transferred to ''Retiboletus'' in 2002.
