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

synonyms: Moor-Röhrling
Suillus flavidus Mushroom
Ref No: 8983
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure

Suillus flavidus (Fr.) Sing. syn. Boletus flavidus Fr. Moor-Röhrling. Cap 2–6cm across, umbonate, straw-yellow to pale ochre, viscid. Stem 50–75x 5–8mm, straw-yellow above the gelatinous, tawny ring, dull yellow to buff below. Flesh pale yellow becoming vinaceous when cut. Taste and smell not distinctive. Tubes decurrent, deep yellow. Pores large, angular, concolorous with tubes. Spore print ochraceous snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform-elliptic, 8–10 x 3.5–4.5um. Habitat wet mossy areas, usually with Scots pine and often in sphagnum. Season late summer. Rare and more or less confined to the Scottish Highlands. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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