Suillus caerulescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Suillaceae |
Genus: | Suillus |
Species: | S. caerulescens
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Binomial name | |
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]
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]
Suillus caerulescens | |
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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