Biology:Suillus caerulescens

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Short description: Species of fungus

Suillus caerulescens
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Scientific classification edit
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)

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]

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. 2.0 2.1 Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2. 
  3. A Contribution Toward a Monograph of North American Species of Suillus (Boletaceae). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Lubrecht & Cramer. 1964. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-934454-26-1. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 222. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797915861. 

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Suillus caerulescens
View the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following list
Mycological characteristics
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: edible

Suillus caerulescens in Index Fungorum Wikidata ☰ Q10683515 entry