Species flashcards

Description

Cap: 2-10 (14) cm in diameter; hemispherical when young, convex, then flattening; yellow, ochre, brownish-yellow, reddish-brown; slimy, sticky, shiny when dry; the skin is easily peelable.

Tube layer: The pores are initially narrow, widening over time; exudes milky droplets when young and in wet weather; the tubes are cream-yellow, then yellowish-brown, olive-brown.

Stem: 4-10 cm long, 1-1.5 cm thick; mostly cylindrical; light yellow; at the apex, when young, whitish-yellowish, with granules, scales that brown over time.

Flesh: Initially firm, then softening; white, pale yellowish, color does not change; slightly fruity smell, good-tasting.

Spore: Ochre-, or reddish-brown; 8-10 x 2.5-3.5μm; elongated, smooth, rice-grain shaped.

Occurrence: From May to November, under two-needle pines (Scots pine, Austrian pine), common species.

Edibility: Edible, but peel the cap skin, marketable.

Confusion: Cannot be confused with a poisonous species, similar to the edible brown slippery jack.

Note: Suillus is an ancient term, meaning pig today, which may refer to the fatty or greasy nature of the cap. granulatus means granulated (from the Latin granulat - granular). Refers to the granular stem.

Species description: In 1763, Carl Linné first described this mushroom and named it Boletus granulatus. The French physician and naturalist Henri François Anne de Roussel (1748-1812) in 1796, placed it in the Suillus genus.

Taxonomy

1. PhylumBasidiomycota
2. ClassAgaricomycetes
3. OrderBoletales
4. FamilySuillaceae
5. GenusSuillus

• Species: granulatus
• Described by: (L.) Roussel (1796)
• Hungarian name: szemcsésnyelű fenyőtinóru
• Lifestyle: mycorrhizal
• Edibility: edible