Suillus placidus (“White Suillus”)

Viscid white cap & white pores both age yellower. Grows w/White Pine. Long, oft-curved stem w/pink-red dots & smears. Cap flesh may slowly stain pinkish.

SKU: Suillus placidus Categories: 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in the Pacific Northwest, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Michigan, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, 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, 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, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 2- Yellow to Orange, 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 Thin & Stringy, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 7- Is Notably Dotted and/or Spotted, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 3- the FAR WEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Suillus

Species: placidus

Common Name: “White Suillus”

Tells: Viscid white cap & white pores both age yellower. Grows w/White Pine. Long, oft-curved stem w/pink-red dots & smears. Cap flesh may slowly stain pinkish.

Other Information: Pores of young specimens often have pinkish droplets. The stem can hollow out in age, w/markings that start pink & age to red-brown.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap skin turns pink before darkening to red and then blackish.
KOH: Cap skin turns pink before darkening to red and then blackish.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh turns gray to olive-brown.

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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BENA

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