(Snell & Dick) Singer

Another "bitter bolete" with lead gray pileus that shows violaceous tints when immature and a violet stipe mottled lighter and darker. Another violet bolete with a bitter taste was recently described by Baroni & Both (1998: Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 36: 261-264): Tylopilus violatinctus, with violet pileus and stipe.