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Larch Bolete

Suillus grevillei

Photo by Meik Meißner
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Field Notes

Description:

Suillus grevillei is a mushroom with a cap colored from yellow to orange, that is at first hemispherical, then bell-shaped, and finally flattened. It has a sticky skin, short tubes of yellow or brownish which descend down to the bottom of its cylindrical stalk which is cream-colored turning to reddish brown with a cream-white ring.

Habitat:

Grows at the foot of larch with which it lives in symbiosis. It grows from June until November.

Notes:

Edible.

Reference Links:

Suillus grevillei (Klotzsch) Singer 1945, Suillus grevillei

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