Specimen #10

The Boletes

Figure 1: Top of fruiting body of Suillus luteus.

Figure 2: Suillus luteus.

Figure 3: Porus underneath of fruiting body of Suillus luteus.

Name: Suillus luteus
Common Name: Slippery Jack or Sticky Bun

Family: Boletaceae  

Collection Date: 29th Sept. 2011 

Habitat: Found in clusters underneath some pine trees.    

Location: Hiram College Campus

Description: Large cap about 5-5.5 inches across. Underneath cap porus and yellow in colour.Top of fruiting body brown.  

Collector: Olivia Benjamin

Key used: Orson K. Miller Jr. 1977. Mushrooms of North America. E.P. Dutton New York.
Keying Steps:

Introduction Key pg. 241

1b. Cap and stalk may be hairy but not as above...2

2b. Tubes straight, veritcally arranged, mouths open; widely distributed...3
3b. Tubes not radial arranged, mouths often round to angular, viscid cap...Suillus

Key to Suillus pg. 247

1a. Veil and/or annulus present...2

2b. Veil leaves a ring...3

3a. Cap viscid to glutinous surface...4

4b. Cap smooth, viscid to glutinous surface...5

5b. Cap and veil not bright yellow to red, under or near various conifers...6

6b. Cap convex but not knobbed, viscid to glutinous, variously coloured but not olive-buff; widely distributed--->287. S. luteus

Ecology: This fungus is mychorrizal with various species of pine trees. Can be found all over the northern hemisphere and grows throughout spring, summer and fall.

Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_luteus
http://boletales.com/genera/suillus/s-luteus/