Suillus Gray

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Suillus Gray

  • Primary Citation

    Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 646. 1821

  • Description

    Diagnosis: Pileus viscid and glabrous or dry and squamulose, sometimes with appendiculate remnants, microscopically an ixotrichodermium or a trichodermium. Context white or pale yellow, unchanging or sometime staining a pale reddish. Hymenophore adnate to adnexed, yellow or pale cinnamon brown. Stipe dry, annulate or not, typically with glandular dots or smears. Spore deposit pale cinnamon brown. Spores smooth, short fusoid. Hymenial cystidia usually clustered, with amorphous brown pigmentation at the base. Clamp connections absent.

    Registration number: MB 18623

    Type species:

    Ectomycorrhiza: Obligate ectomycorrhizae with Pinaceae but one known with Betula in NE USA.

    Distribution: North Temperate and southward into the tropics to the southern limit of Pinaceae (S. subaureus with Betula). Absent in Africa. Frequently occurring with exotic Pinaceae transplanted beyond natural range.

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