Chicken Fat Mushroom - Suillus americanus
Viscid yellow, flat caps with reddish brown fibers and scales. Yellow, angular pores that bruise reddish brown. Stems similar to the caps.
Habitat: I found tons of these incredibly slimy mushrooms growing alone and in clusters all throughout a pine forest.
''Suillus americanus'' is a species of fungus in the Suillaceae family of mushrooms. Commonly known as the chicken fat mushroom, the American slippery Jack , or the American suillus, it grows in a mycorrhizal association with eastern white pine and can be found where this tree occurs in eastern North America and China.
Similar species: Boletales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Aug 26, 2018. Captured Aug 25, 2018 09:26 in 3280 Franklin Ave, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.
