Suillus elegans Snell 1944
Details
Details
Suillus elegans Snell in Slipp & Snell, Lloydia 7 27 (1944)
Nomenclature
Snell
Snell
1944
27
replacement, replacement name
ICN
Suillus elegans Snell 1944
species
Suillus elegans
Classification
Descriptions
Suillus elegans Snell 1944
Pileus up to 8 cm. diam., glutinous, bright yellow ochre to dull ochre, flesh creamy yellow, darkening slightly when cut. Pores up to 1 mm. or more in diam. and to 8 mm. long, yellow, slightly or strongly decurrent. Stipe 1-2 X 5-10 cm., yellow to yellow-ochre, conspicuous membranous ring with the stipe usually thickened under the ring, colour darker below the ring except at the base which is often white. Spores 8-10 X 3-4um.
common in plantations of Larix decidua.
This fungus appears to correspond with figs. 10, 12 and 18 of Kallenbach's illustrations (t. 17) of Boletus elegans (flavus). (Typical S.flavidus (Fr.) Singer is a smaller, more tawny fungus of moist Pinus woods in the northern hemisphere)
Taxonomic concepts
Suillus elegans Snell 1944
Suillus elegans Snell (1944)
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scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 March 2000
3 August 2001
