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Suillus grevellei |
The most abundant of the Suillus species in the
British Isles, the Larch Bolete appears in parks during summer and
autumn. A woolly white veil covers the pores of young specimens.
Identification guide |
Cap |
Variously pale yellow, daffodil yellow, bright
chrome yellow or bright rusty yellow, the cap of the Larch Bolete is very
viscid when wet and remain shiny even in dry weather.
4 to 12 cm across at maturity, and expanding until almost flat (occasionally conical or with a marked raised central area, known as an umbo), the caps of large specimens of this conspicuous bolete are quite often somewhat wavy at the margin. |
Tubes and Pores |
At first lemon yellow, the angular pores take
on a cinnamon tint as the fruiting body matures.
When bruised, the pores turn rusty brown. The tubes are pale yellow and do not change colour when the cap is cut. |
Stipe |
1.2 to 2 cm in diameter and 5 to 7 cm long, the stip provides a useful
identifying feature: the thin white veil that covers the tubes of immature
fruiting bodies forms a transient ring of the stem. When the ring falls away
a pale area is left on the stem.
Most of the stem is covered in brown dot-like scales; but above the ring zone the stem is often paler and almost scaleless (not so in the specimen shown here!). |
Spore print |
Ochre or sienna-brown. |
Odour/taste |
Not distinctive. |
Habitat |
Beneath larch trees. |
Season |
July to October. |
Occurrence |
Very common. |
Similar species |
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