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Suillus luteus
The cap is brown and up to 12 cm in diameter at maturity.[1] The cap is initially hemispherical, later flattening out. It is slimy to the touch, bare, smooth, and glossy even when dry and the cuticle is easily peeled off. The tiny, circular pores of the tubes are at first light yellow but turn olive to dark yellow with maturity. The attachment to the stem is adnate. The stem attains a height of up to 10 cm and a width 3 cm. It is pale yellow and more or less cylindrical but may bear a swollen base. A white partial veil extends from the stem to the cap margin in immature specimens. At maturity the veil detaches from the cap and its remnant forms a ring around the stem. The underside of the ring is characteristically dark brown to violet
Suillus luteus can be found all over the northern hemisphere. It is found in coastal and montane pine forests and exhibits a tolerance of the northern latitudes. It is especially common in pine plantations and young pine forests. Suillus luteus forms mycorrhizal associations with various species of pine, which include Pinus sylvestris, Pinus nigra, and Pinus peuce in Europe,and Pinus resinosa and Pinus strobus in North America. It does not require a specific soil but seems to prefer acidic and nutrient-deficient soil. The fungus fruits in spring, summer and fairly prolifically in autumn, following periods of wet weather. It has also been found under pine trees in introduced pine plantations in Australia, particularly in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands, as well as New Zealand and Argentinean Patagonia. There it can be picked around Easter
spotted in river Homem félinhos beach in a mix forest
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Thanks Bahamas ,can you tell me on what you based your opinion? i would like very much to haved the rigth id,did you have an opinion on what it is?
Thanks any way ,i'am allways open to debate this kind of matter,ok?feel fre ,in make your point :-)
Not a slippery jack
Thanks Sckel,i'am back and fungi too :-)
Obrigada Sckel,é, ando menos por aqui,muito ocupado com o trabalho,mas com as ultimas chuvas não resisti e os cogumelos lá apareceram ,ainda tenho mais alguns a ver se os meto hoje,nem tenho tido tempo de ir á tua página :-) vou agora .
Que giro que estas de volta, Antonio. :)