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

synonyms: Bolet elégant, Cèpe jaune des Mélèzes, Goldröhrling, Larch Bolete
Suillus grevillei 2F Mushroom
Ref No: 8989
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Suillus grevillei Mushroom
Ref No: 8990
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Suillus grevillei3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8991
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
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 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.

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