American boletus
- Latin name: Suillus americanus (Peck) Snell
- French name: Bolet américain
- Division: Basidiomycota
- Class: Boletales
- Synonym(s): Boletus americanus Peck
Description
Micro-habitat(s)
Litter
Distribution
Eastern Canada
Damage, symptoms and biology
Humicolous species with an orange-yellow cap that is slightly umbonate and covered with tiny brown scales, especially near the margin. The cap measures 3 to 10 cm in diameter and has a viscous surface. The yellow flesh reddens when exposed to the air and does not have a distinctive odour. This species does not have gills, but rather yellowish brown tubes, which are more or less decurrent, fairly large (2 mm in diameter) and angular. The stem is the same colour as the cap, with tiny brownish glandular dots. This species produces cinnamon-brown spores.
Other information
This mushroom is edible, but has little flavour.
Habitats : coniferous and mixed forests, pine plantations (especially white pine).
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Photos
Cap and stalk, fruiting body André Carpentier