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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Boletales: Gyroporaceae: Gyroporus castaneus (Bull.) Quél.

Gyroporus castaneus – chestnut bolete

Synonyms: Boletus castaneus, Boletus cyanescens, Boletus fulvidus, Boletus testaceus, Coelopus castaneus, Gyroporus ammophilus, Gyroporus fulvidus, Gyroporus microsporus, Leucobolites castaneus, Leucobolites fulvidus, Suillus castaneus, Suillus fulvidus, Suillus testaceus.

Common name: chestnut bolete.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Gyroporus castaneus, or commonly the chestnut bolete, is a small, white-pored relation of the Boletus mushrooms. It has a brown cap, and is usually found with oak trees. It differs from the true boletes in that the spores are a pale straw colour.

Belarusian: Каштанавік, Bulgarian: Кестенява манатарка, Dutch: Kaneelboleet, Estonian: Kastanpäkk, Finnish: Kastanjatatti, German: Hasen-Röhrling, Hungarian: Gesztenyebarna üregestinóru, Japanese: クリイロイグチ, Latvian: Kastaņu smilšbeka, Lithuanian: Smiltyninis šilbaravykis, Polish: Piaskowiec kasztanowaty, Romanian: Hrib castaniu, Russian: Каштановый гриб, Swedish: Kastanjesopp, Ukrainian: Гіропор каштановий.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Small chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-09.htm">June 9, 2018</A>
LinkSmall chestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Caps of chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-09.htm">June 9, 2018</A>
LinkCaps of chestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Dissected chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-09.htm">June 9, 2018</A>
LinkDissected chestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Chestnut bolete (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) and twisted deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria tortilis) on floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-07-07.htm">July 7, 2018</A>
LinkChestnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus) and twisted deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria tortilis) on floodplain on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2018
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Agaricus auricolor and chestnut bolete (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-07-13.htm">July 13, 2018</A>
LinkAgaricus auricolor and chestnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus) mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Dissected chestnut bolete (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-07-13.htm">July 13, 2018</A>
LinkDissected chestnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus) mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-07-13.htm">July 13, 2018</A>
LinkChestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 13, 2018
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Microporellus dealbatus and chestnut bolete (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-07-14.htm">July 14, 2018</A>
LinkMicroporellus dealbatus and chestnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus) mushrooms in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, July 14, 2018
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA
Chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-10-27.htm">October 27, 2019</A>
LinkChestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 27, 2019
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-05-31.htm">May 31, 2020</A>
LinkChestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Underside of chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-05-31.htm">May 31, 2020</A>
LinkUnderside of chestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 31, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Underside of chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-09-26.htm">September 26, 2020</A>
LinkUnderside of chestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2020-09-26.htm">September 26, 2020</A>
LinkChestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-10-16.htm">October 16, 2021</A>
LinkChestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, San Jacinto County, Texas, 77328, United States
Chestnut bolete mushrooms (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) with cross section on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-10-16.htm">October 16, 2021</A>
LinkChestnut bolete mushrooms (Gyroporus castaneus) with cross section on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, October 16, 2021
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA
Spores of chestnut bolete mushroom (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
LinkSpores of chestnut bolete mushroom (Gyroporus castaneus) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 4, 2022
Spores of chestnut bolete (<B>Gyroporus castaneus</B>) (no pictures of the mushroom were taken) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022
LinkSpores of chestnut bolete (Gyroporus castaneus) (no pictures of the mushroom were taken) collected on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 18, 2022

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