Suillus mediterraneensis    (Jacq & Blum) Redeuilh 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Boletales/Suillaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Boletales/Boletaceae  

synonyms: Suillus granulatus-mediterraneensis, Suillus leptopus, Boletus leptopus 

edibility : discard

potential confusions with  Suillus mediterraneensis toxicity of Suillus mediterraneensis genus Suillus  

The cap is yellow-brown to reddish-brown. The cap surface is sticky when damp. The cap margin is smooth.

The stem is white to yellow, speckled with droplets turning eventually to brown to blackish dots.

The flesh is yellow to yellowish; its taste is mild;

The tubes are chrome yellow to mustard yellow.

The pores are yellow.

It grows in coniferous woods, in the Mediterranean, on a rather calcareous soil, with Mediterranean pines.

The fruiting period takes place from October to April.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 12 cm)

Distinctive features : yellow flesh; stem with dark red-brown dots; under conifers in the Mediterranean

Suillus mediterraneensis is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .



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