Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray
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Tylopilus amylosporus
White to olive-buff stem has red spots & yellow mycelium. Dark olive- to gray-brown cap cracks & fissures w/age. Blue-bruising yellow pores may have red tints.
Read moreTylopilus appalachiensis
White pores age pinkish & stain brown. A small but solid bolete that likes roadsides & mossy ground by tree stumps. Whitish cap flesh slowly browns & often tastes bitter.
Read moreTylopilus atratus (“False Black Velvet Bolete”)
Think “T. alboater but under hemlock.” Gray to black velvety cap often cracks even when young. White cap flesh slowly blackens w/no red phase.
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Tylopilus atronicotianus (“Tobacco Stain Bolete”)
White pores age to reddish brown & stain red/brown or black. Brown stem darkens going down to nicotine-stain-blackish, often ending in a “V” shape with a tiny taproot.
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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 griseocarneus
Oft-wavy, dark (reddish brown to blackish) cap. Dark pores stain grayish orange, or in age a darker gray. Grayish cap flesh bruises orange-gray, resolving black.
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Tylopilus humilis
A shorty, usually wider than tall. Pale pink stem base bruises brown, & is often an underdeveloped nub.
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Tylopilus rhodoconius
Soft whitish flesh w/clear marbling slowly stains pale pinkish, resolving darker, & may smell of chlorine. Brownish cap (paler by edge) bruises dark brown.
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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.
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Tylopilus variobrunneus (“Brown-Net Bolete”)
Stem darkens from buff w/white netting on top to brown w/brown netting, to dark brown base. Dark brown cap may have olive edge, & ages to pale chestnut.
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Tylopilus williamsii
Purplish (magenta- to violet- or brownish) cap often gets channels w/age. White cap flesh tastes bitter. White pores age pinkish & bruise yellow-brown.
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Xanthoconium affine variations (“Spotted Bolete”)
Brown (red-, yellow-, or dark) cap may have yellow spots. White pores age yellow-tan & stain darker. White/tan stem may have pink-purple tints.
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Xanthoconium purpureum
Dark red to purplish cap. White pores age toward yellow-brown & bruise brown. Pale- to brownish-yellow stem, usually w/red to brown streaks.
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Xerocomellus chrysenteron (“Red Crack Bolete”)
Olive-brown cap w/many red-edged cracks. Stem is yellow by pores, purplish-red by base, & bruises blue-green. Yellow pores age to brown & stain blue. Cap flesh blues slowly.
