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.

Description

Genus: Tylopilus

  • Genus 2: Porphyrellus

Species: amylosporus

Common Name:

Tells: 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.

Other Information: Whitish to yellow cap flesh may blue slowly & erratically. Likes oak & alder.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff 0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians 0 North American Boletes 258

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