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.

SKU: Suillus lakei Categories: 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 2. Found in California, 3. Found in Michigan, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Cap Texture is: 5- Spiky or Scaly, Coniferous ("Needle-y") Trees, Edibility: 4- Good, FILTER SET #1: REGION, FILTER SET #2: CAP FEATURES, FILTER SET #3: PORE FEATURES, FILTER SET #4: STEM FEATURES, FILTER SET #5: CAP FLESH (CONTEXT) FEATURES, FILTER SET #6: SPORE PRINT, FILTER SET #7: HABITAT FILTERS, FILTER SET #8: EDIBILITY, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Huge, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 3- Red, Pink, Purple, or Orange, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Pore Color is: 4 - Some Shade of Brown, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 3- Pink-, Red-, Purple-, or Cinnamon-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 3- Has a Ring (Annulus), Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 4 - the SOUTHWEST

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Description

Genus: Suillus

Species: lakei

Common Name: “Western Painted Suillus”

Common Name 2: “Matte Jack”

Tells: 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.

Other Information: Big, angular yellow pores stain red-brown. Stem has a ring, & is brighter yellow above it than below. Likes conifers, especially Douglas Fir. A western parallel to the equally common eastern species Suillus spragueii f/k/a pictus.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
KOH: No data.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): No data.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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North American Boletes

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