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.

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Description

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 sometimes wanders all the way up to New Hampshire. NOTE: Found only in the coastal plain of North Carolina, not yet in the west.

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  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians  0 North American Boletes 270 391

 

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