Tylopilus badiceps is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to North America. It was described in 1900 as Boletus badiceps by Charles Horton Peck, and transferred to the genus Tylopilus in 1971 by Alexander H. Smith and Harry Delbert Thiers. It is a good edible mushroom.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Beveled-cap Bolete being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tylopilus ferrugineus
- Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
- Tylopilus variobrunneus
- Xanthoconium purpureum
- Tylopilus violatinctus
- Boletus separans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Tylopilus
- Species
- Tylopilus badiceps
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