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The Jersey cow bolete is the common name for Suillus bovinus, a small to medium-sized bolete associated with pine trees. It grows in ectomycorrhizal partnership with pines and is therefore usually found in pine woodland or on heathland with pine nearby. The mushroom has a pale brown to reddish-brown...

Slippery Jack is the common name for Suillus luteus, a bolete associated mainly with pine trees in Europe and other regions where pines grow. Its brown cap has a sticky or slimy surface, especially in damp conditions, and the underside bears pores rather than gills. The species is regarded as edible...

Suillus lakei is a North American bolete associated with Douglas fir, especially in forests where that tree is native or planted. It typically has a dry cap with reddish-brown colouring and darker scales, features that distinguish it from several smoother and more yellow species in the same genus. L...

Suillus americanus, commonly called the chicken fat mushroom, is a bolete-forming fungus in the family Boletaceae. It produces a bright yellow, often slimy cap, yellow tubes or pores, and a stem with darker glandular spots. The species forms ectomycorrhizal partnerships with five-needled pines and i...

The velvet bolete (Xerocomus subtomentosus), also called the suede bolete, is a pore-bearing fungus in the family Boletaceae. Its cap is usually olive, tan, or olive-brown and has a dry, velvety surface; the underside has yellow pores that may bruise blue, and the spore print is olive-brown. It form...

The larch bolete (Suillus grevillei) is a pore-forming fungus that forms ectomycorrhizal associations with larch trees in the genus Larix. It usually has a shiny, sticky cap, yellow pores, and a pale ring or ring zone on the stem; cap colors range from yellow and orange to reddish brown. It is repor...

Suillus tomentosus, the blue-staining slippery jack or woolly-capped suillus, is a North American bolete that forms mycorrhizal associations with conifers, especially two-needled pines such as lodgepole pine. Its cap is dry to viscid with grayish-brown to ocher fibrils or scales; its yellow pores an...