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

Suillus umbonatus Mushroom
Ref No: 9013
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
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, Grows on plant material/manure

Suillus umbonatus Dick & Snell Cap 3-6cm across, broadly convex with an acute umbo; olive tan, sometimes paler toward margin and darker on the umbo; slimy and sticky, streaked with rusty-brown gluten. Tubes adnate to subdecurrent, separating clearly; buff-colored. Pores subangular; pale yellow to greenish yellow, staining dirty pink when bruised. Stem 25-40 x 3-8mm, solid; pale yellow above the ring, whitish but streaked and blotched with brownish dots from below the ring to the base. Veil gelatinous becoming dirty pink; leaving a gelatinous ring. Flesh very soft; pale yellow, becoming tinged with pinkish buff when cut. Odor not distinctive. Taste slightly sour. Spores ellipsoid, 7-10 x 3-4.5µ. Deposit dull cinnamon. Habitat gregarious and sometimes growing in dense tufts among moss under pine. Often common. Found in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. Season July-November. Probably edible but not recommended.

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