Tylopilus rhoadsiae (“Pale Bitter Bolete”)

Bitter taste. White-buff to pinkish cap. White pores age pinkish & DNS. Cap-colored stem is well netted, esp. in the upper half.

SKU: Tylopilus rhoadsiae Categories: 1. Cap Tastes Bitter, Acrid, Astringent, or Peppery, 1. Found in Alabama, 1. Found in Connecticut, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Louisiana, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Mississippi, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 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: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 2-Bitter, 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 >.1" Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, 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, 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), Stem: Netting is WHITE, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Genus: Tylopilus

Species: rhoadsiae

Common Name: Pale Bitter Bolete

Tells: Bitter taste. White-buff to pinkish cap. White pores age pinkish & DNS. Cap-colored stem is well netted, esp. in the upper half.

Other Information: A southern species that can be found, ever more rarely, all the way up to New Hampshire. For North Carolina in the coastal plain only.

Edibility: Too bitter to eat but useful for unique approaches like cocktail bitters. It isn’t toxic; just absurdly bitter.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns yellow.
KOH: Cap skin turns yellow.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap skin turns gray.

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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