Suillus salmonicolor

Suillus salmonicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Suillaceae
Genus: Suillus
Species:
S. salmonicolor
Binomial name
Suillus salmonicolor
(Frost) Halling (1983)
Synonyms[7][8][9]

Boletus salmonicolor Frost (1874)
Boletus subluteus Peck (1887)[1]
Ixocomus subluteus (Peck) E.-J.Gilbert (1931)[2]
Suillus subluteus (Peck) Snell (1944)[3]
Suillus cothurnatus Singer (1945)[4]
Boletus luteus var. cothurnatus (Singer) Murrill (1948)[5]
Suillus pinorigidus Snell & Dick (1956)[6]

Suillus salmonicolor
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Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Suillus salmonicolor, commonly known as the Slippery Jill, is a fungus in the family Suillaceae of the order Boletales. First described as a member of the genus Boletus in 1874, the species acquired several synonyms, including Suillus pinorigidus and Suillus subluteus, before it was assigned its current binomial name in 1983. It has not been determined with certainty whether S. salmonicolor is distinct from the species S. cothurnatus, described by Rolf Singer in 1945. S. salmonicolor is a mycorrhizal fungus—meaning it forms a symbiotic association with the roots of plants such that both organisms benefit from the exchange of nutrients. This symbiosis occurs with various species of pine, and the fruit bodies (or mushrooms) of the fungus appear scattered or in groups on the ground near the trees. The fungus is found in North America, Hawaii, Asia, the Caribbean, South Africa, Australia and Central America. It has been introduced to several of those locations via transplanted trees.

The mushroom's dingy yellow to brownish cap is rounded to flattened in shape, slimy when wet, and grows up to 9.5 cm (3.7 in) wide. The small pores on the underside of the cap are yellow before becoming olive-brown. The stem is up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long and 1.6 cm (0.6 in) thick and is covered with reddish-brown glandular dots. Young specimens are covered with a grayish, slimy partial veil that later ruptures and leaves a sheathlike ring on the stem. Although the mushroom is generally considered edible—especially if the slimy cap cuticle and partial veil are first peeled off—opinions about flavor vary. Other similar Suillus species include S. acidus, S. subalutaceus, and S. intermedius.

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