Larch Bolete

Description:

Suillus grevillei (commonly known as Greville's Bolete, Larch Bolete or Bovine Bolete) is a mycorrhizal mushroom with a tight, brilliant and dry cap where the hymenium easily separates from the flesh of the cap, with a central stalk that is quite slender. The species has a ring or a tight-fitting annular zone. Suillus grevillei is a mushroom with a 5–10 cm (2–4 in) cap colored from citrus yellow to burnt orange, that is at first hemispherical, then bell-shaped, and finally flattened. It has a sticky skin, short tubes of yellow or brownish which descend down to the bottom of its cylindrical stalk (6–10 x 1-2 cm) which is cream-colored turning to reddish brown with a cream-white ring. It has a thin meat which has consistency at first but then quickly becomes soft. It has an odor reminiscent of rumpled Pelargonium geranium leaves.

Habitat:

It grows in the soil of mixed forests, always at the foot of larch with which it lives in symbiosis. It grows from June until November.

Notes:

Spotted in the S.Joâo Hospital gardens,a place where i never imagined that could sustein such a amazing variety of fungis and trees,beautiful in this season