Suillus bellinii

Suillus bellinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Suillaceae
Genus: Suillus
Species: S. bellinii
Binomial name
Suillus bellinii
(Inzenga) Watling (1967)
Synonyms
  • Boletus bellinii Inzenga (1879)
  • Ixocomus bellinii (Inzenga) Maire (1933)
  • Rostkovites bellinii (Inzenga) Reichert (1940)
Suillus bellinii
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Mycological characteristics

pores on hymenium

cap is convex

or flat

hymenium is adnate

or decurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is brown
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: edible

Suillus bellinii is a pored mushroom of the genus Suillus in the family Suillaceae. It is found in coastal pine forests of southern Europe.

Description

The cap is initially convex and irregular, but becomes flatter with maturity, reaching up to 15 cm in diameter. The thick cuticle is brown and marbled with white to gray tones towards the periphery, especially in young specimens. It is very viscid during wet weather and peels easily - characteristics shared by many species of Suillus. The tubes are short, while the pores are small and coloured whitish, beige and, with maturity, yellowish. The pores may exude a reddish latex in fresh specimens.

The stem is short, cylindrical and coloured whitish, ornamented with reddish dots along its length. The firm flesh is whitish and yellowish in the stipe base and it is said to have a fruity odour and a pleasant taste. It is often infested with insect larvae. In a colour reaction test with ammonia solution, the flesh turns crimson.

The spores are ochre-brown in colour, fusiform, sized 8-10 by 3.5-4.5 μm.[1][2]

Habitat

Suillus bellinii is a thermophilic fungus, occurring in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe in coastal pine forests. It forms ectomycorrhizal associations with species of pine including Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) and stone pine (Pinus pinea).[2][3]

Edibility

It is reportedly edible. Removal of the slimy cap cuticle is recommended.[1][3]

Similar species

Suillus bellinii often shares its habitat with Suillus mediterraneensis. The flesh of the latter species is yellow.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Suillus bellinii at Fungibalear.net" (in Spanish). Secció Micològica Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Gerault, Alain (May 2005). "Florule Evolutive des Basidiomycotina du Finistere – Homobasidiomycetes". 2.0 (in French).
  3. 1 2 "Suillus bellinii at Associazone Micologica Bresadola Gruppo di Messina" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-09-08.
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