Reddish butterdish (Suillus tridentinus)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Boletales (Boletales)
  • Family: Suillaceae
  • Genus: Suillus (Oiler)
  • Type: Suillus tridentinus (Red-red butterdish)

Red-red butterdish (Suillus tridentinus) photo and description

head in young specimens, yellowish-orange, semicircular or cushion-shaped; the surface is densely covered with fibrous orange-reddish scales.

ducts adherent, decurrent, 0,8-1,2 cm, yellowish or yellow-orange, with wide angular pores.

Leg yellowish-orange, tapering upward and downward.

spore powder olive yellow.

Pulp dense, lemon-yellow or yellowish, with a slight mushroom smell, turns red at the break.

Red-red butterdish (Suillus tridentinus) photo and description

Distribution — Known in Europe, especially in the Alps. In Our Country – in Western Siberia, in the coniferous forests of Altai. Likes lime-rich soil. Occurs very rarely.

Edibility – An edible mushroom of the second category.

 

 

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