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Suillus acidus (“Sour Cap Suillus”)
Cap ages from pinkish- or yellow-buff to yellow-brown. Cap skin usually tastes acidic. Stem will snap like a twig, is buff- to tan-yellow, & has red-brown dots. Often has a viscid, yellowish ring.
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Suillus americanus (“Chicken Fat Suillus”)
Very viscid yellow cap, often w/red markings, stains fingers brown when handled. Grows under white pine. Yellow pores slowly stain reddish brown.
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Suillus ampliporus (“Hollow Stalked Larch Bolete”)
Dense hairs on brown cap make a velvety texture. Stem is hollow in the bottom half, yellow on the oft-netted upper part, & often has a ring. Pores are often huge & elongated.
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Suillus brevipes (“Short Stalked Bolete”)
Stem is so short (<2″) that the viscid brown (dark to cinnamon, fading w/age) cap can seem to be on the ground.
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Suillus clintonianus (“Larch Suillus”)
Pale- to orange-yellow cap flesh stains pinkish brown. Viscid cap. Cap-colored stem usually has yellow band above the ring & white below. Ammonia/KOH on cap. Grows w/larch.
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Suillus decipiens
Small, hairy/scaly, variable-color cap has an incurved edge, bruises dark gray & flattens w/age. Almost-veined, radial yellow pores age browner & DNS or stain brownish.
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Suillus elbensis
Variable-colored, viscid cap. Stem is buff above the viscid ring, & grayish-brown below. Whitish pores & pale flesh both stain blue-green, sometimes slowly, usually shifting 1st to purple-gray & then red-brown.
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Suillus flavidus (“Slim Jack”)
Viscid, dark or pale buff, yellow, to olive-tan cap often has a big bump in the center. Dark brown ring on whitish stem that ages to pale yellow.
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Suillus glandulosipes (“White-stemmed Bolete”)
A short mushroom, usually wider than tall. Pale white/yellow stem stains brown when handled & has many dark spots/smears. Buff pores age yellow, often w/ red-brown moisture drops when fresh.
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Suillus glandulosus (“Boreal Bolete”)
Yellow, oft-pungent cap flesh reddens by bug holes & DNS. Very viscid stem is yellow w/red dots above the ring & dark red (aging toward blackish brown) below.
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Suillus grisellus (“Grayish Suillus”)
White/gray/brown pores run down stem (decurrent) & DNS. Likes sphagnum moss under larch, usually in wetlands.
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Suillus hirtellus
Viscid-when-moist, yellowish cap usually has red/brown tufts & may bruise brown. Oft-curved, yellowish stem w/dots that start yellow & age toward black.
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Suillus lakei (“Western Painted Suillus”)
Distinctive orange-red-brown scales cover yellow cap. Yellow flesh may stain pink in the cap, & blue-green in the young (not old) stem base.
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Suillus luteus (“Slippery Jack”)
Viscid yellow to red-brown cap w/sour-tasting skin. White stem ages yellow w/purplish or grayish tones, large, oft-viscid ring, & many dots & smears. Likes pine.
