Suillus albivelatus Smith, Thiers, & Miller Cap 4-12cm across, convex, sometimes with part of the margin inter-grown with the stem; pale at first, becoming dull reddish or yellowy brown; at first covered with a white hairy veil, which leaves dry scales on the cap, particularly near the margin. Tubes .5-l0mm deep; pale ochre. Pores small; pale yellow-ochre. Stem 10-40x 1.5-2.5mm, short and squat; pallid whitish; dryish, smooth. Veil white, viscid. Flesh white then lemon yellow, bruising reddish around worm holes. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores fusoid, 7-8.5 x 2.8-3µ. Deposit cinnamon brown. Habitat gregarious and often growing in fairly dense tufts under white pine. Common in Idaho. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season June-November. Edible. |