Slippery jack
Suillus luteus
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Suillus luteus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Suillaceae
- Under the cap
- Pores
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It travelled with pine plantations to the Southern Hemisphere and now grows in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
- In tree nurseries it has been used to help young pine seedlings establish on poor soils.
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Similar fungi
- Bovine bolete
Suillus bovinus
- Larch bolete
Suillus grevillei
- Porcini
Boletus edulis
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q816730 · All fungi · All entries