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Suillus

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Noun1.Suillus - a genus of fungi belonging to the family BoletaceaeSuillus - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
genus Suillus
fungus genus - includes lichen genera
Boletaceae, family Boletaceae - family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
Suillus albivelatus - a short squat edible fungus with a reddish brown cap and white stalk; fruits under pines in the spring
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I love easily identified morels, chanterelles, boletes, clavarias, hen-of-the-woods, chicken-of-the-woods, suillus and certain puff-balls.
Mushrooms are tasty and toxic by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
By examining DNA, Palmer and his colleagues discovered a close genetic similarity between the umbrella-shaped Suillus mushroom and a ball-like, soil-living "false truffle" -- one of the first and perhaps most extreme cases in which scientists have found an organism to have evolved directly from another, very different-looking organism, Palmer says.
Fungal duo teaches evolutionary lesson by Science News
A few of my favorite, local, easy-to-identify, edible and delicious mushroom species include the wood hedge hog (Dentinum repandum), hen of the woods (Polypilus frondosus) often on old tree stumps and mature oak stands; sulphur shelf or chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) growing on stumps and trunks; Boletus pictus (under white pines); Suillus granulatus (usually under white pines); Boletus edulis (under conifers); and the coral mushrooms - Clavaria cinerea, under pines.
Rain brings along good mushrooming by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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