Suillus caerulescens

Suillus caerulescens, commonly known as the douglas-fir suillus[1] is an edible species of bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae.[2] It was first described scientifically by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Harry D. Thiers in 1964.[3] It can be found growing with Douglas fir trees.[4] Its stem bruises blue, which sometimes takes a few minutes.[2]

Suillus caerulescens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Suillaceae
Genus: Suillus
Species:
S. caerulescens
Binomial name
Suillus caerulescens
A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1964)

The cap is yellowish to reddish brown, sometimes with streaks from its darker center.[4] It ranges from 5–15 cm (2–6 in) in diameter, shaped convex to flat, and viscid when wet,[5] sometimes with veil remnants on the edge.[4] The flesh is yellowish,[5] as are the pores.[4] The stalk is yellowish to brown, darkening with age, 2–8 cm tall and 1–3 cm wide, and bruises bluish at the base;[5] it sometimes has a faint ring.[4]

While edible, it is considered of poor quality.[5]

Suillus lakei is fairly similar.[5]

See also

References
  1. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. Smith AH, Thiers HD (1964). A Contribution Toward a Monograph of North American Species of Suillus (Boletaceae). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-934454-26-1.
  4. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  5. Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 330–331. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
Suillus caerulescens
Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Stipe is bare or has a ring
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Suillus caerulescens in Index Fungorum


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