Veloporphyrellus conicus

Corrugated yellowish, brownish, to salmonish cap is conical when young, convex when old, may be shaggy/scaly, & usually has fringes on the margin.

SKU: Tylopilus conicus Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 2. Found in Florida, 5. Found in North Carolina, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 3- Wrinkled, Pitted or Corrugated, Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, 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's Cap is >0.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, 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 Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 4- Has Ridges, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Name in North American Boletes: Tylopilus conicus

Genus: Veloporphyrellus

Genus 2: Tylopilus
Genus 3: Mucilopilus

Species: conicus

Common Name: “Conical Shaggy Cap Bolete”

Tells: Corrugated yellowish, brownish, to salmonish cap is conical when young, convex when old, may be shaggy/scaly, & usually has fringes on the margin.

Other Information: White cap flesh DNS & may have a fruity odor. White pores age pinkish & DNS. White to yellowish, oft-curved stem may have pink tones, esp. in the middle, & may be slightly ridged. Likes lowlands, esp. sandy soil along streams. A southern species.

Science Notes: DNA testing moved this mushroom into the newly erected genus “Veloporphyrellus.”

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns brown.
KOH: Cap skin turns brown. Cap flesh turns yellow before darkening to brown.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Pores turn gray before shifting to steel-gray.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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