Suillus viscidus
| Suillus viscidus | |
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| File:Suillus viscidus.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Suillaceae |
| Genus: | Suillus |
| Species: | S. viscidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Suillus viscidus (L.) Roussel 1796
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| Synonyms | |
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Suillus aeruginascens Secr. ex Snell | |
| Suillus viscidus | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| File:Pores icon.png | Pores on hymenium |
| File:Convex cap icon.svg | Cap is convex |
| File:Decurrent gills icon2.svg | Hymenium is decurrent |
| File:Ring stipe icon.svg | Stipe has a ring |
| Spore print is brown | |
| File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svg | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
| File:Mycomorphbox Edible.png | Edibility is edible |
Suillus viscidus (commonly known as the sticky bolete) is an edible, uncommon mushroom in the genus Suillus.[1] It associates with larch and is found throughout Europe and in Japan.
Description
[edit | edit source]The cap is hemispherical when young, later convex to flat, whitish grey or darker. It is up to 12 cm in diameter. It is slimy, and blotchy when old. The large, angular pores on the underside of the cap are coloured pallid to yellowish at first, but become darker with maturity. Young specimens bear a whitish partial veil which soon shreds, sometimes leaving fragments on the cap edge.[2] The tubes are concolorous, and have a slightly decurrent stem attachment. The stem bears a thin, slimy, dark-coloured ring in the uppermost part of the stem which is sometimes lost in mature specimens. The stem is divided by the ring into a short lighter, yellowish section above, and a duller, greyish section below, which is viscid.[2] The flesh is whitish, staining bluish,[2] very soft and has a mild or non-distinct taste.[3][4]
The spores are clay-coloured and ellipsoid or subfusiform in shape. Their dimensions are 10–12 by 4–5.5 μm.[4]
It is an edible mushroom of low quality.[4][5]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]Suillus viscidus forms an ectomycorrhizal association with larch (Larix) specifically, and its distribution is thus limited by the range of the host tree. It occurs throughout Europe, and also in Japan.[6] In Europe, it is considered an uncommon to rare fungus and it is to be found in the same habitat as the common larch bolete, Suillus grevillei, and also the rare Suillus tridentinus.[4] Fruiting bodies are found in groups among grass under larch, from summer to autumn.[5]
References
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External links
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Suillus viscidus in Index Fungorum
Suillus viscidus in MycoBank.
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