Porphyrellus sordidus

Gray- to dark-brown, oft-cracked cap. White cap flesh stains blue-green, sometimes w/reddish tints, & can taste pungent and/or smell unpleasant.

SKU: Tylopilus sordidus Categories: 1. Cap Tastes Bitter, Acrid, Astringent, or Peppery, 1. Found in Alabama, 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in Kansas, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Louisiana, 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 North Carolina, 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 Flesh Stains Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 3- Iffy, 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, 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 Blue, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Cap Color is: 5- Black, Dark Brown, or Dark Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, 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: 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, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Name in North American Boletes: Tylopilus sordidus

Genus: Porphyrellus

Genus 2: Tylopilus

Species: sordidus

Species 2: fumosipes

Common Name:

Tells: Gray- to dark-brown, oft-cracked cap. White cap flesh stains blue-green, sometimes w/reddish tints, & can taste pungent and/or smell unpleasant.

Other Information: Pores age from white- to gray-buff through pink-brown to red- & then yellow-brown, staining dark blue-to-green before resolving to brownish red. The pores can also appear darker on older and damaged specimens specimens. Cap often has dark green-blue tinges by the edge. Brownish stem is usually paler by the pores (sometimes w/ hints of green or blue) & at the base. A special tell: Wrap in wax paper for an hour & the paper will stain blue-green where it touches.

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

Edibility: Unknown.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns dark purple.
KOH: Cap skin turns purplish to reddish. Cap flesh turns brick-red to wine-red, perhaps with an olive tone.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns bluish gray to greenish 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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