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ChicagoMorel
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Bolete ID Please
#13009339 - 08/05/10 09:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Habitat: Mixed deciduous woods Gills: Cream color pores Stem: Solid, tough. No reticulation Cap: 5-8 CM. Dome shaped. Velvety soft. Dark Brown
Spore print color: Wouldn't print
Bruising: None
Other information: Flesh white and metallic bitter.


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tangoking
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Looks like a Tylopilus sp. to me.
Break off a tiny piece, nibble it, and SPIT IT OUT. Is it very bitter?
EDIT: Perhaps http://www.mushroomexpert.com/tylopilus_plumbeoviolaceus.html
Edited by tangoking (08/05/10 09:52 PM)
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Twiztidsage
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Re: Bolete ID Please [Re: tangoking]
#13009622 - 08/05/10 09:51 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
tangoking said: Looks like a Tylopilus sp. to me.
Break off a tiny piece, nibble it, and SPIT IT OUT. Is it very bitter?
Me too.
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lpaigeg
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Registered: 08/05/10
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I'm a newby but I am in CT and have been finding a bolete very similar to this that I believe is a "Xanthoconium" (yellow, cone shaped spores). I can't see how to attach a pic, but I'll post one later if I can. The caps are purple-brown, often cracked, revealing white flesh, the stems have purple shading, and the pores are dense and chalky-white. Mushroom Expert website lists this as one in the "edulis" group. Anyway, I have cooked and eaten some of these. The stems, esp. if cooked too long are very bitter, but the caps seem sweet.
Hope this helps. ---Laurie
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gerryjarcia
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Re: Bolete ID Please [Re: tangoking]
#13010835 - 08/06/10 04:57 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
tangoking said: Looks like a Tylopilus sp. to me.
Break off a tiny piece, nibble it, and SPIT IT OUT. Is it very bitter?
It will taste very bitter almost immediately!
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German Kahuna
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Re: Bolete ID Please [Re: lpaigeg]
#13010879 - 08/06/10 05:39 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
lpaigeg said: I'm a newby but I am in CT and have been finding a bolete very similar to this that I believe is a "Xanthoconium" (yellow, cone shaped spores). I can't see how to attach a pic, but I'll post one later if I can. The caps are purple-brown, often cracked, revealing white flesh, the stems have purple shading, and the pores are dense and chalky-white. Mushroom Expert website lists this as one in the "edulis" group. Anyway, I have cooked and eaten some of these. The stems, esp. if cooked too long are very bitter, but the caps seem sweet.
Hope this helps. ---Laurie
What you describe is in the genus Xerocomus (google "Xerocomus chrysenteron"). I've never heard of this specific trait in a bolete (stem bitter and cap nice tasting) ever in the past 35+ years.
The mushroom pictured here is a Tylopilus. It is not an edible bolete. It's bitter taste will ruin any dish.
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ChicagoMorel
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yes, very bitter. Thanks all.
-------------------- "Evolution is the slow conquest of dimensions, and music has always been the way."-Terrance McKenna "Sounds like funny machines!" -My 7 year old daughter Makayla, while listening to Shpongle.
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ChicagoMorel
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One thing I noticed, all Tylopilus descriptions mention reticulation or webbing on the stem. Out of the dozen I collected, none exhibited this trait.
-------------------- "Evolution is the slow conquest of dimensions, and music has always been the way."-Terrance McKenna "Sounds like funny machines!" -My 7 year old daughter Makayla, while listening to Shpongle.
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ToxicMan
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Not all species of Tylopilus will have a reticulate stem. Not all Boletus species do, either.
Happy mushrooming!
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