GROUP 6 C : IDENTIFICATION KEY SUBGROUP 6 C Partial color change to pink, red or brown. 6.40 Stipe covered with a Xerocomus tenax coarse reticulum on full- Xerocomus tenax length. 6 C-1 Reticulate tipe. Finely reticulate stipe; 6.41 pore surface whitish, Tylopilus indecisus then pink, then pink- Tylopilus indecisus brown. 6 C-2 Non reticulate stipe. GROUP 6 C : IDENTIFICATION KEY 6.42 Lilac-brown Bolete SUDGROUP 6 C-2 Tylopilus eximius Non reticulate stipe. Pore surface dark brown Sutorius at first, then pale brown. eximius Gray or brownish pore surface. Blackish-brow Pale brown to Pore surface pale White flesh Pore surface pale gray at cap, paler with dark brown grey at first, then blushing slowly in 6.43 first, then brownish and age. stipe, finely brownish and places when cut. Porphyrellus darker brown at velvety or dark brown at porphyrosporus maturity. reticulate. maturity. Porphyrellus See also 7.11 porphyrosporus Pallid Bolete, Boletus pallidus Cap and stipe reddish 6.44 Bai Bolete brown to dark brown. Xerocomus badius Pore surface yellow to Imleria badia olive yellow, bluish when bruised. 6.45 Dark brownish cap and Porphyrellus stipe, often cracked at fumosipes maturity. Porphyrellus fumosipes Tylopilus sordidus Brow cap, paler Pale brown stipe Pore surface White flesh slowly Brown cap; pale brown towards the typically whitish at first, browning when 6.46 stipe. margin. attenuated pinkish at cut. Tylopilus Appalachiensis Pore surface whitish- towards the maturity, Tylopilus white at first, pinkish at base browning when appalachiensis bruised. maturity, turning brown when bruised. Pore surface Whitish cap developing Whitish cap White stipe, White flesh 6.47 developing towards brown whitish at first, reddening or Bitter Parchment Bolete pinkish to brownish pinkish to with age or pinkish at browning when Tylopilus intermedius tints. brownish hues. when bruised. maturity, cut. browning when bruised. GROUP 6 C : IDENTIFICATION KEY SUBGROUP 6 C Partial color change to pink, Brown to olive brown cap, cracked with age, yellowish flesh in cracks, margin sometimes lobed to red or brown. irregular at maturity. Whitish to yellowish or reddish stipe, coarsly reticulated in the upper part or 6.40 at length. Stipe covered with a Xerocomus tenax coarse reticulum. Pore surface yellow at the beginning, olivaceous later, immutable or changing color when bruised; pores large, round to angular. Xerocomus tenax White or pale yellow flesh, immutable or turning purple reddish when cut, sometimes yellowing or bluish above tubes. 6 C-1 Reticulate stipe. Velvet brown cap at a young age, pale brown at maturity, with a even margin. Finely reticulate stipe; Typically white reticulated stipe at apex when young, pale brown at maturity. 6.41 pore surface whitish, Pore surface whitish to pinkish then pink-brown, browning when bruised; Tylopilus indecisus then pink, then pink- angular pores. Tylopilus indecisus brown. Whitish flesh, becoming pinkish or brownish in places when cut. 6 C-2 Non reticulate stipe. GROUP 6 C : IDENTIFICATION KEY Stocky fruitbodies with wide stipe and firm flesh. Cap brown, grey to purple, 6.42 sometimes tinged with reddish. Stipe shrunk at the base, covered with tiny Lilac-brown Bolete SUBGROUP 6 C-2 Pore surface dark brown purple brown or brown-grey scales along the entire length. Tylopilus eximius Non reticulate stipe. at first, then pale brown. Pore surface dark brown at the beginning, paler thereafter, immutable or Sutorius browning when bruised. Purple grey flesh, grey-brown when cut. eximius Gray or brownish pore Blackish brown cap, paler at maturity. Pale brown stipe often streaked. 6.43 surface. Pore surface pale gray at Pore surface greyish, darker at maturity, bluish when bruised. Porphyrellus first, then brownish and White flesh, blushing or bluish in places when cut, especially above the tubes. porphyrosporus darker brown at Porphyrellus maturity. porphyrosporus See also 7.11 Pallid Bolete, Often on stumps or trunks rotten on the ground. Stipe of the same color as Boletus pallidus the cap: dark brown to brown red, sometimes tinged with olive at maturity. 6.44 Cap and stipe reddish Pore surface yellowish, olivaceous at maturity, bluish when bruised; round to Bai Bolete brown to dark brown. angular pores. Xerocomus badius Unchanging white flesh, sometimes blushing or bluishing a little when cut. Imleria badia Pore surface yellow to olive yellow, bluish when Small fruitbody darkened on all its parts, little visible in autumn among bruised. Dark brownish cap and dead leaves. Brown cap fading with age and often cracked at maturity. 6.45 Brownish stipe with darker longitudinal streaks. Porphyrellus fumosipes stipe, often cracked at Pore surface whitish, browning at maturity, bluish when bruised. Whitish flesh Porphyrellus fumosipes maturity. turning red brown when cut. Tylopilus sordidus Brown cap lighter brown yellow towards the margin, sometimes dark all over the surface. 6.46 Brown cap; pale brown Stipe concolored with the cap or paler, sometimes finely reticulated. Tylopilus Appalachiensis stipe. Pore surface whitish, pinkish at maturity, browning when bruised. Tylopilus Pore surface whitish- White to pale yellow flesh browning when cut. appalachiensis white at first, pinkish at maturity, turning brown when bruised. Whitish cap developing pinkish or brownish hues at maturity; often pleated 6.47 Whitish cap developing surface. White stipe, sometimes weakly reticulate. Bitter Parchment Bolete pinkish to brownish Pore surface white, pinkish at maturity, browning when bruised. Tylopilus intermedius tints. White flesh, turning slowly brown when the cut. GROUP 6 C : IDENTIFICATION KEY SUBGROUP 6 C Partial color change to pink, red or brown. English name: French name: Bolet tenace 6.40 Stipe covered with a Latin names: Xerocomus tenax, Boletus tenax Xerocomus tenax coarse reticulum on full- Xerocomus tenax length. 6 C-1 Reticulate stipe English name: Finely reticulate stipe; French name: Bolet indécis 6.41 Latin name: Tylopilus indecisus pore surface whitish, Tylopilus indecisus then pink, then pink- Tylopilus indecisus brown. 6 C-2 Non reticulate stipe. GROUP 6 C : IDENTIFICATION KEY English name: Lilac-brown Bolete 6.42 French names: Bolet distingué, Bolet singulier Lilac-brown Bolete SUBGROUP 6 C-2 Pore surface dark brown Latin names: Sutorius eximius, Tylopilus eximius, Leccinum eximium Tylopilus eximius Non reticulate stipe. at first, then pale brown. Sutorius eximius Gray or brownish pore surface. English name: Pore surface pale gray at French name: Bolet porphyre 6.43 Latin name: Porphyrellus porphyrosporus first, then brownish and Porphyrellus darker brown at porphyrosporus maturity. Porphyrellus porphyrosporus English name: Bai Bolete French name: Bolet bai 6.44 Cap and stipe reddish Latin names: Xerocomus badius, Imleria badia, Boletus badius, Suillus Badius, Boletus Bai Bolete brown to dark brown. stejskalii, Gyrodon stejskalii, Suillus vaccines, Ixocomus badius… Xerocomus badius Pore surface yellow to Imleria badia olive yellow, bluish when bruised. English name: 6.45 Dark brownish cap and French names: Bolet à pied fumé, Bolet à pied sombre Porphyrellus fumosipes stipe, often cracked at Latin names: Porphyrellus fumosipes, Tylopilus sordidus, Boletus sordidus, Porphyrellus sordidus, Ceriomyces sordidus, Tylopilus porphyrosporus Porphyrellus fumosipes maturity. Tylopilus sordidus English name: French name: Bolet des Appalaches 6.46 Brown cap; pale brown Latin name: Tylopilus appalachiensis stipe. Tylopilus Appalachiensis Pore surface whitish- Tylopilus white at first, pinkish at appalachiensis maturity, turning brown when bruised. English name: Bitter Parchment Bolete 6.47 Whitish cap developing French name: Bolet mitoyen Bitter Parchment Bolete Latin name: Tylopilus intermedius pinkish to brownish Tylopilus intermedius tints..