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Suillus albivelatus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Suillus albivelatus Mushroom
Ref No: 8970
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location: North America
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

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.

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