Stem Is Bulbous
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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 fuscotomentosus
Brown fibers/scales cover cap’s buff-yellow-tan base color. Yellow stem has obvious brown or red-brown dots. May taste a little sour.
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Suillus hiemalis (Nom. Prov.)
Viscid orange cap with sour skin fades to brown or tan. Orange cap flesh ages to white & usually tastes bad. Yellow-orange stem ages to white, a grayish ring, many red-orange spots that age dark, & often has a distinctive whitish/pink “root.”
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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 ochraceoroseus (“Rosy Larch Bolete”)
Yellow, oft-short stem may have a ring, & is often netted above it. Yellow cap flesh smells acidic to unpleasant, & tastes acrid to bitter.
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Suillus pallidiceps
Wrap in wax paper & the paper will turn purplish brown. Viscid to tacky, whitish cap ages to yellow & then dull cinnamon-buff, & may crack w/age.
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Suillus pseudobrevipes
Incurved, viscid yellow cap ages toward red-brown. Short, stout, ringed, white stem ages toward yellow, & has white dots.
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Suillus punctatipes
White-yellow cap flesh DNS, but has a grayish red-purple layer by skin, & greenish-yellow by pores. Viscid brown cap ages to purple-brown to orange-cinnamon.
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Suillus punctipes
Spicy/almondy/orange-popsicle smell. pale yellow to yellow-orange cap flesh DNS. Handling stains fingers brown. Likes wet to boggy soil. Orange/brown stem ages yellower w/brown-black dots.
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Suillus salmonicolor (“Slippery Jill”)
Orange/yellow (i.e. ‘salmon’) cap flesh & stem flesh by the base (more tan between). Stem has a viscid ring & red-brown dots/smears.
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Suillus spectabilis
Yellow, oft-short stem may have a ring, & is often netted above it. Yellow cap flesh smells acidic to unpleasant, & tastes acrid to bitter.
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Suillus spraguei (“Painted Suillus”)
Very distinctive red/brown scales all over the cap. Likes White Pine. Yellow pores age to brown, stain red-brown, & can be huge.
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Suillus subalpinus
Viscid, gray, purple- or red-brown-on-white cap w/white edge & sometimes spots. Whitish pores age yellower & DNS. White stem w/dots that age to purplish brown.
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Suillus tomentosus (“Blue-Staining Slippery Jack”)
Wooly/scaly, yellow to orangey cap balds w/ age. Brown-yellow pores stain blue, & babies may have yellow dew. Stains fingers brown.

