VOUCHER INFORMATION
Name: Xerocomus illudens
Authority: (Peck) Singer 1946
Vouchered by: Brad Bomanz
Date found: 8/18/2015
Synonyms: Boletus illudens
Collected by: Brad Bomanz
Voucher ID: 94
Confirming Mycologist: Dr. Andrew Methven
LOCATION
Latitude: 38.530086
Longitude: -90.682137
City: Pacific
County: St. Louis
State: Missouri
Site location: Greensfelder County Park
ENVIRONMENT
Habitat: ridge - nutrient deprived, rocky, mossy soil
Moisture conditions: moist
Substrate: Oak, Hickory forest
IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT
Reference document: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletus_illudens.html
Author:Michael Kuo
ISBN No: n/a
Page no:n/a
SPORE DESCRIPTION
Spore length: 10 - 11 microns
Spore width: 4 - 4.5 microns
Spore color: clear
Spore texture: smooth
Spore shape: subfusiform, elliptical to spindle-shaped
Spore print color: olive brown
Chemical reaction: n/d
Close examination by Dr. Methven (see annotation above) combined with the 2015 DNA analysis confirmed that this specimen is Xerocomus illudens.