Home Page
Picture Archives
Texas Mushrooms
Show mushrooms with pictures
Black velvet bolete

Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Boletales: Boletaceae: Tylopilus alboater (Schwein.) Murrill

Tylopilus alboater – black velvet bolete

Synonyms: Boletus alboater, Porphyrellus alboater, Suillus alboater.

Common name: black velvet bolete.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Tylopilus alboater, called the black velvet bolete, by some, is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The species is found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, and in eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand. A mycorrhizal species, it grows solitarily, scattered, or in groups on the ground usually under deciduous trees, particularly oak, although it has been recorded from deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Bolete mushrooms <B>Tylopilus alboater</B>(?) under small oaks in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-06-03.htm">June 3, 2021</A>
LinkBolete mushrooms Tylopilus alboater(?) under small oaks in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2021
Location on maps4200 Culpepper Dr, Bryan, TX 77801, USA
Cross section of bolete mushrooms <B>Tylopilus alboater</B>(?) under small oaks in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-06-03.htm">June 3, 2021</A>
LinkCross section of bolete mushrooms Tylopilus alboater(?) under small oaks in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2021
Location on maps4200 Culpepper Dr, Bryan, TX 77801, USA
Bolete mushroom <B>Tylopilus alboater</B>(?) in cross section in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-06-03.htm">June 3, 2021</A>
LinkBolete mushroom Tylopilus alboater(?) in cross section in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2021
Location on mapsHensel Park, College Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Comments

Download the map and open it in Google Earth for more accurate viewing.

Links

Acknowledgements

Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.

This web page was generated by a special script.

Texas Mushrooms
Mushrooms of Russia
Mushrooms of Qatar