Sutorius eximius (“Lilac Brown Bolete”)

Chocolate- to purple-brown pores stain dark brown. Purple- to gray-brown cap. White cap flesh slowly stains purple-, red-, or gray-brown.

SKU: Tylopilus eximius Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 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), Cap Texture is: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 1- Avoid, 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, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” 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: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 3 - Red, Pink, Purple or Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 5 - Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Spore Print is 2- Yellow to Yellow-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: 6- Has Scabers/Scales, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Tylopilus eximius

Genus: Sutorius

Genus 2: Tylopilus

Species: eximius

Common Name: “Lilac Brown Bolete”

Tells: Chocolate- to purple-brown pores stain dark brown. Purple- to gray-brown cap. White cap flesh slowly stains purple-, red-, or gray-brown.

Other Information: Stem’s light base color covered by cap-toned scabers. Cap can be slightly viscid.

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

Edibility: Avoid. Used to be considered edible and many people probably enjoyed it, but recent and reliable reports prove that several others have gotten severe GI distress.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: Cap skin turns olive.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns olive.

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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