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Western painted Suillus lovely and fuzzy, these don't really look like Suillus are expected to - slimy...  Fall,Geotagged,Matte Jack,Suillus lakei,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Western painted Suillus

lovely and fuzzy, these don't really look like Suillus are expected to - slimy...

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  1. Very unusual. We have nothing like all the mushrooms you have in the northeast where I live. Posted one year ago

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''Suillus lakei'', commonly known as the matte Jack, Lake's bolete, or the western painted Suillus, is a species of fungus in the Suillaceae family. It is characterized by the distinctive reddish-brown tufted fibers or small scales on the cap, and the presence of a woolly veil on the stem. The caps can reach diameters of up to 15 cm , while the stems are between 6 to 12 cm long and usually 1–3 cm thick. On the underside of the cap is a layer of spongy yellow to yellow-brown angular pores; these.. more

Similar species: Boletales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Oct 25, 2023. Captured Oct 22, 2023 12:02 in Laughingwater Creek Trail, Packwood, WA 98361, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 10s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm