Tylopilus griseocarneus is a fungus of the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1989, it is found in the coastal plains of southern New Jersey and southern Louisiana in the United States, where it grows in sandy soil under oak and pine trees. Its fruit bodies have a convex, pale charcoal-colored cap measuring 4.3–11 cm (1.7–4.3 in) and 1.5–3 cm (0.6–1.2 in) thick.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Grayflesh Tylopilus 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Tylopilus
- Species
- Tylopilus griseocarneus
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