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Chicken Fat Mushroom - Suillus americanus Yellow, nearly flat cap with reddish brown fibers. Yellow pores that bruised brownish. Stem was similar to the cap, but a bit more mottled. White basal mycelium and there was also some yellow guttation near the base.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a pine cone in a mostly coniferous forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/90611/chicken_fat_mushroom_-_suillus_americanus.html" title="Chicken Fat Mushroom - Suillus americanus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/90611_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=mjFibFvJPZuXWYYfbOs9kgNqGrY%3D" width="200" height="154" alt="Chicken Fat Mushroom - Suillus americanus Yellow, nearly flat cap with reddish brown fibers. Yellow pores that bruised brownish. Stem was similar to the cap, but a bit more mottled. White basal mycelium and there was also some yellow guttation near the base. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a pine cone in a mostly coniferous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/90612/chicken_fat_mushroom_-_suillus_americanus.html Chicken fat mushroom,Geotagged,Suillus,Suillus americanus,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> Chicken fat mushroom,Geotagged,Suillus americanus,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Chicken Fat Mushroom - Suillus americanus

Yellow, nearly flat cap with reddish brown fibers. Yellow pores that bruised brownish. Stem was similar to the cap, but a bit more mottled. White basal mycelium and there was also some yellow guttation near the base.

Habitat: Growing on a pine cone in a mostly coniferous forest.

Chicken Fat Mushroom - Suillus americanus Yellow, nearly flat cap with reddish brown fibers. Yellow pores that bruised brownish. Stem was similar to the cap, but a bit more mottled. White basal mycelium and there was also some yellow guttation near the base. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a pine cone in a mostly coniferous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/90612/chicken_fat_mushroom_-_suillus_americanus.html Chicken fat mushroom,Geotagged,Suillus,Suillus americanus,Summer,United States

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The Chicken fat mushroom

''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.

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Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Mar 5, 2020. Captured Sep 7, 2019 12:37 in 13 Church St, Arlington, VT 05250, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.