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Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
This beautiful but very bitter tasting eastern mushroom is very common in some years--and seemingly absent in others. Because young specimens of Tylopilus rubrobrunneus have a purplish cap, the species is easily confused with Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus and Tylopilus violatinctus, but both of those species have purple stems when young, while the stem of Tylopilus rubrobrunneus is never purple.
Spotted on Jun 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 23, 2013
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