Biology:Suillus tridentinus

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Short description: Species of fungus

Suillus tridentinus
Suillus tridentinus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Suillaceae
Genus: Suillus
Species:
S. tridentinus
Binomial name
Suillus tridentinus
(Bres.) Singer (1945)
Synonyms
  • Boletus tridentinus Bres. (1881)

Suillus tridentinus, the orange larch bolete, is an uncommon, edible mushroom in the genus Suillus, found mainly at higher altitudes beneath larches on chalk. It can be found together with larch boletes, but more scarce.

The bolete is considered endangered in the Czech Republic.[1]

Description

The cap is convex, orange to rusty red, slimy and often covered with dark brown scales. The cap grows up to 12 cm in diameter. The stipe is rusty orange like the cap, with a hint of a slimy, yellowish-white ring that soon disappears. The flesh is lemon yellow with a mild taste.

Pharmacology

An extract of Suillus tridentinus exhibits inhibitory activity on thrombin.[2]

References

  1. Mikšik M. (2012). "Rare and protected species of boletes of the Czech Republic". Field Mycology 13 (1): 8–16. doi:10.1016/j.fldmyc.2011.12.003. 
  2. Doljak, B.; Stegnar, M.; Urleb, U.; Kreft, S.; Umek, A.; Ciglarič, M.; Štrukelj, B.; Popovič, T. (2001). "Screening for selective thrombin inhibitors in mushrooms". Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis 12 (2): 123–8. doi:10.1097/00001721-200103000-00006. PMID 11302474. 
  • E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994.

External links

Suillus tridentinus in Index Fungorum
Suillus tridentinus in MycoBank. Wikidata ☰ Q1659886 entry