Tylopilus badiceps

One of the two classic brown & whites. Cap starts deep red, ages to red-brown, & usually has a “beveled” edge. White pores age browner (not pinker) w/age & bruise brown.

SKU: Tylopilus badiceps Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 4- Good, FILTER SET #1: REGION, FILTER SET #2: CAP FEATURES, FILTER SET #3: PORE FEATURES, FILTER SET #4: STEM FEATURES, FILTER SET #5: CAP FLESH (CONTEXT) FEATURES, FILTER SET #6: SPORE PRINT, FILTER SET #7: HABITAT FILTERS, FILTER SET #8: EDIBILITY, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 3- Pink-, Red-, Purple-, or Cinnamon-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Tylopilus

Species: badiceps

Tells: One of the two classic brown & whites. Cap starts deep red, ages to red-brown, & usually has a “beveled” edge. White pores age browner (not pinker) w/age & bruise brown.

Other Information: An attractive and almost stereotypical brown & white mushroom. The cap’s abrupt, beveled edge + purplish tones to the brown + lack of pink in older pores are the main ways short of microscopy to reliably distinguish T. badiceps from T. ferrugineus, though it doesn’t matter much in practice since both are delicious. The stem of both will often have “marbling” but not significant reticulation. White cap flesh may slowly stain pink & sometimes has a “sweet molasses” smell. Likes oak. Spore print is purple/brown.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns amber-brown to dark amber. Stem skin and white stem base instantly turn blackish brown.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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North American Boletes

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BENA

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