Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Tylopilus alboater (Schw.) Murrill, Mycologia 1 : 16. 1909
Boletus alboater Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. I^eipzig 1 : 95. 1822.
Boletus nigrellus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29 : 44. 1878. (Type from New York.)
Pileus convex, solitary or gpregarious, 6-10 cm. broad, 2 cm. thick ; surface pruinose to tomentose, very dark-brown to black ; margin rather thick, involute when young : context white, changing to pinkish-gray when wounded, taste nutty ; tubes adnate, slightly depressed, pale-gray to flesh-colored, changing slowly to black or reddish-black when wounded, 1 cm. long, mouths small, irregularly circular : spores oblongellipsoid, smooth, pointed at one end, dull flesh-colored, 10-12 X 4-6 ,« : stipe short, subequal, even, concolorous or a little paler than the pileus, pinkish-gray at the apex, velvety at the base, solid, 5-8 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. thick.
Type locality : North Carolina.
Habitat : In open deciduous woods.
Distribution : New York to Georgia and Mississippi.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
