eat-bolete Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Reticulated stem, often with a bulbous base, dark brown cap with a bit of purplish...Base of the stem often has yellow/green spots, flesh darkens/reddens slightly when cut. Also as it ages, the stem base seems kinda a bit marshmallowy inside. Tastes good, rarely touched by worms. Grows often gregariously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Interesting..I have never seen those before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mushroom Whisperer Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Looks like a Tylopilus sp. Similar to Tylopilus alboater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I thought Tylopilus too, but can’t pinpoint which one. It doesn’t stain’bruise really, and the older specimen don’t develop pink pore surface. Here are photos of cross section...immediate and after 10 minutes, which shows ever so slight darkening of the flesh. Also shown, pores bruise brown after a while. Most notable, in my opinion, is the stem. Besides the greenish spots at its base, it has a kind of springy outer shell, and more pithy inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Could it be Tylopilus variobrunneus? nope, stains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 diana, I think you are right. Based on North American Boletes book, T. variobrunneus stains dull pink, so it matches. The fact it grows in sandy soils among oaks matches as well. The only thing is it’s listed as a southern mushroom, but I guess with a hot summer like we’ve got, it decided to fruit up here. Don’t like that it’s edibility is unknown, but willing to be a guinea pig. PS: Spore print color matches too. Fried a little bit, it’s delicious. It does have a sliiiiiight bitterness to it, but it disappears quickly. I don’t like bitter things like bitter melon etc, but I’m enjoying this. Let’s see if I have any ill effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Still alive? Spectacular looking specimens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Dianna, I think you've got it. Tylopilus variobrunneus. All traits appear to matchnthis species. T. alboater does not have a reticulate stalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 11 hours ago, eat-bolete said: The only thing is it’s listed as a southern mushroom, but I guess with a hot summer like we’ve got, it decided to fruit up here. According to the Bolete Filter it is a northeastern species.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 troutddicted, yep, so far, no signs of any kind:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutddicted Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Now you can change it to edible in book 😀🍄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 I wish:) been reading about Leccinums, I’ve eaten it all my life, yet there are reports of poisoning, so now I’m wary about eating it and feeding to my family. Everyone’s body is so different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 The Leccinum poisonings occurred in both Colorado and Michigan. They were orange-capped ones (I think). While in the Rockies I ate orange-capped Leccinum several times without incident. Tylopilus mushrooms are mycorrhizal species associated with certain types of trees. Unlike saprobic species, they do not readily "migrate". However, it is possible that some types will ionly fruit when the soil reaches an atypically high temperature. Numerous species of boletes and Amanitas considered to be southern NA types occur up along the east coast, often all the way up to CT or even Cape Cod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted August 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Thanks for the info Dave. I haven’t seen this Tylopius sp. here before, but this summer sure is atypically hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCn15 Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Quote I pick the orange Leccinums in great quantity and have eaten them without incident for many, many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Also... a few years ago I attended a big foray in CT at which one species of Tylopilus was collected that nobody could ID to species (some notable mycologists in attendance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Found a flush of these at North Park this past week. Produced a pinkish orange spore print, had a mild bitter taste, bug free. So many different species grow in the spot they were found. A tooth Sarcodon? a few feet away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Here's a photo from Aug 2014. Maybe not common but here in pgh. Always wondered about it's ID. Didn't know much about Tylopilus back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat-bolete Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Looks like the same Tylopilus sp. to me. I noticed the slight bitterness is more pronounced in young butons. Looks like a Sarcodon, from the top at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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