Tag: Tylopilus

A Quick Tour of the Tylopilus Genus

August 14, 2015 annamary.mchughblogger@gmail.com2 Commentsforaging mushrooms, Mushroom Identification, Taxonomyboletus, edible mushrooms, inedible mushrooms, mushroom identification, purple mushrooms, Tylopilus, wild mushrooms

Editor’s Note: This post will focus on the mushroom genus Tylopilus, which contains some intriguing and very pretty mushrooms. Tylopilus mushrooms are common in the eastern United States, although there are a some species that occur in the western U.S. as well. This is the Read More

The Many Faces of Porcini Mushrooms

February 12, 2015 annamary.mchughblogger@gmail.com1 CommentCooking Mushrooms, Mushroom Hunting, Mushroom Identification, Mushroom Stories, Mycophagy - Eating Gourmet Mushrooms, Taxonomyboletus, Boletus edulis, Boletus Rex veris, cep, ceps, DNA sequencing, gourmet mushrooms, Leccinum, mushroom hunting, mushroom identificatio, phylogenetics, porcini, squirrel, steinpilz, suillus, Tylopilus, wild mushrooms

Ahh, porcini mushrooms. How I do dote on thee. The name “porcini” applies to a cluster of mushroom species in the Boletus genus, and they are all edible and quite delicious. I have a penchant for adding porcini powder to almost anything Read More