1. Found in Alabama
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Strobilomyces strobilaceus (“Old Man of the Woods”)
Cap is completely distinctive black scales on white base. Flesh stains pink. Stem is often stringy & useless.
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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 cothurnatus (“Booted Suillus”)
Marbled orange-buff-yellow cap flesh stains dark purple-drab. Yellow pores age brownish & DNS
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Suillus decipiens
Small, hairy/scaly, variable-color cap has an incurved edge, bruises dark gray & flattens w/age. Almost-veined, radial yellow pores age browner & DNS or stain brownish.
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Suillus 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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Suillus hirtellus
Viscid-when-moist, yellowish cap usually has red/brown tufts & may bruise brown. Oft-curved, yellowish stem w/dots that start yellow & age toward black.
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Suillus salmonicolor (“Slippery Jill”)
Orange/yellow (i.e. ‘salmon’) cap flesh & stem flesh by the base (more tan between). Stem has a viscid ring & red-brown dots/smears.
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Suillus spraguei (“Painted Suillus”)
Very distinctive red/brown scales all over the cap. Likes White Pine. Yellow pores age to brown, stain red-brown, & can be huge.
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Tylopilus balloui (“Burnt Orange Bolete”)
Bright orange cap fades w/age. White stem w/yellow-orange tints, stains brown. White cap flesh stains pink-tan to purple-brown.
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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 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 rhoadsiae (“Pale Bitter Bolete”)
Bitter taste. White-buff to pinkish cap. White pores age pinkish & DNS. Cap-colored stem is well netted, esp. in the upper half.
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Tylopilus tabacinus
Lighter-cap-color stem is netted on top & often has a “tidal mark”. White cap flesh may smell fruity, fishy, or pungent, taste bitter, & slowly stain pink, purple, or brown.
