Suillus grevillei (Klotsch) Sing. syn. Boletus elegans Schum. ex Fr. Goldröhrling Bolet elégant, Cèpe jaune des Mélèzes Larch Bolete. Cap 3–10cm, yellow to chrome becoming flushed rust, viscid with pale lemon gluten, shiny when dry. Stem 50–70 x 15–20mm, yellow above the whitish ring and punctate or occasionally netted, flushed cinnamon below. Flesh pale yellow in cap, darker lemon-chrome in the stem. Taste and smell not distinctive. Tubes pale yellow. Pores small, angular, lemon-yellow becoming flushed sienna, bruising rust. Spore print ochre to sienna. Spores subfusiform-ellipsoid, 8–11 x 3–4um. Habitat with larch. Season late summer to autumn. Very common. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |