1. Found in Northern Illinois
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Suillus americanus (“Chicken Fat Suillus”)
Very viscid yellow cap, often w/red markings, stains fingers brown when handled. Grows under white pine. Yellow pores slowly stain reddish brown.
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Suillus brevipes (“Short Stalked Bolete”)
Stem is so short (<2″) that the viscid brown (dark to cinnamon, fading w/age) cap can seem to be on the ground.
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Suillus flavidus (“Slim Jack”)
Viscid, dark or pale buff, yellow, to olive-tan cap often has a big bump in the center. Dark brown ring on whitish stem that ages to pale yellow.
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Suillus luteus (“Slippery Jack”)
Viscid yellow to red-brown cap w/sour-tasting skin. White stem ages yellow w/purplish or grayish tones, large, oft-viscid ring, & many dots & smears. Likes pine.
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Suillus subaureus
Orange-yellow pore surface DNS. Yellow cap flesh may stain red. Slightly viscid yellow-orange-apricot cap w/brown-red specks.
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Suillus weaverae f/k/a granulatus (“Butterball”)
White stem ages yellower & has many pink/brown dots & smears. Viscid cap. Whitish pores age yellow & usually stain dull cinnamon.
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Tylopilus alboater (“Black Velvet Bolete”)
Velvety black cap. Oft-swollen or bulbous stem echoes the cap color. Pores & white cap flesh usually stain pink, then become dark.
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Tylopilus badiceps
White cap flesh may slowly stain pink & sometimes has a “sweet molasses” smell. Cap starts deep red, ages to red-brown, & usually has a “beveled” edge.
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Tylopilus felleus (“Bitter Bolete”)
White cap flesh tastes bitter, & rarely stains pink. Oft-bulbous, brown stem has dark brown netting & may stain olive-brown. White pores age pinkish.
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Tylopilus ferrugineus
Brown cap & brown stem. White-buff pores tint pink w/ age, & stain brown. Cap flesh stains dull brown.
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Tylopilus indecisus
Pale brown pores age to cinnamon & stain brown. White cap flesh DNS (mostly), w/no bitter taste. White/buff, netted stem stains brown.
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Tylopilus intermedius (“Bitter Parchment Bolete”)
White cap flesh tastes bitter & stains brown. Oft-wrinkled/lumpy whitish cap & slightly darker stem both bruise yellow- to olive-brown.
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Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus (“Violet Gray Bolete”)
Purplish stem is marbled or streaked w/white, & browns w/age. Cap is similar but browner, often w/a whitish bloom. Bitter, white cap flesh DNS.
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Tylopilus rubrobrunneus (“Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete”)
Purple cap ages toward brownish. White flesh tastes bitter. Buff to brown stem turns gray-green from handling.
