Suillus serotinus

Suillus serotinus is a species of bolete fungus found in eastern North America. Originally described as a species of Boletus by American botanist Charles Christopher Frost in 1874,[2] it was transferred to Suillus in 1996.[3] The bolete has a dark red brown and sticky cap up to 12 cm (4.7 in) in diameter. The pore surface is initially white before turning reddish brown in age; the angular pores number from 1 to 3 per millimeter. Mushroom flesh slowly stains bluish after injury, later becoming purplish gray then finally reddish brown. The fungus grows in a mycorrhizal association with larch and fruits on the ground scattered or in groups. The spore print is purplish brown; spores are oblong to ellipsoid, smooth, and measure 8–12 by 4–5 µm. The fruit bodies are edible, but lack any distinctive taste or odor.[4]

Suillus serotinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Suillaceae
Genus:
Suillus
Species:
S. serotinus
Binomial name
Suillus serotinus
(Frost) Kretzer & T.D.Bruns (1996)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus serotinus Frost (1874)
  • Boletus larignus Britzelm. (1893)
  • Boletopsis serotina (Frost) Henn. (1898)
  • Boletus bresadolae var. larignus (Britzelm.) Maire (1912)
  • Boletopsis larigna (Britzelm.) Singer (1922)
  • Fuscoboletinus serotinus (Frost) A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1971)

See also

References
  1. "Suillus serotinus (Frost) Kretzer & T.D. Bruns". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  2. Frost CC. (1874). "Catalogue of Boleti of New England, with descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 2: 100–5.
  3. Kretzer A, Li Y, Szaro TM, Bruns TD (1996). "Internal transcribed spacer sequences from 38 recognized species of Suillus sensu lato: Phylogenetic and taxonomic implications" (PDF). Mycologia. 88 (5): 776–85. doi:10.2307/3760972. JSTOR 3760972.
  4. Bessette AR, Bessette A, Roody WC (2000). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-8156-0588-1.


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