Tylopilus humilis
Mycologia 58(6): 815. 1967.
Common Name: none
For descriptions see Thiers and Siegel & Schwarz.
Solitary to gregarious in soil; associated with pines, manzanita, madrone, and oaks; rare.
Unknown.
Tylopilus humilis can be distinguished by its small size, semi-hypogeous habit, mild taste, and pale pores that bruise pinkish brown.
Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
Thiers, H. D. (1975). California Mushrooms—A Field Guide to the Boletes. Hafner Press: New York, NY. 261 p. (Protologue)