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

synonyms: Bolet annulaire, Bolet Jaune, Butterpilz, Nonnette voilée, Slippery Jack
Suillus luteus 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8997
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Suillus luteus 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8999
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Suillus luteus F Mushroom
Ref No: 9000
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Suillus luteus 4 Mushroom
Ref No: 9002
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Brown
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

Suillus luteus (Fr.) S. F. Gray syn. Boletus luteus Fr. Butterpilz Bolet Jaune, Nonnette voilée, Bolet annulaire, Slippery Jack. Cap 5–10cm, chestnut to sepia covered in brown gluten, becoming more rust-coloured with age, shiny on drying. Stem 50–100 x 20–30mm, pale straw-coloured at apex rapidly discoloured with darkening glandular dots, with a large white to cream ring which darkens to sepia, white below becoming vinaceous brown with age. Flesh white, often vinaceous at base of stem. Taste and smell not distinctive. Tubes lemon-yellow to straw-colour. Pores round, similarly coloured, becoming flushed sienna. Spore print clay to ochraceous. Spores subfusiform to elongate ellipsoid, 7–10 x 3–3.5um. Habitat with conifers, usually Scots pine. Season autumn. Common. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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