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Chicken Fat Mushroom

Suillus americanus

Description:

Viscid yellow cap with reddish brown fibers and scales. This mushroom is mycorrhizal with eastern white pine and grows gregariously.

Habitat:

Growing on the ground in a pine forest.

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2 Comments

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

Thanks! This was a new one for me. I was simultaneously intrigued and disgusted by its common name. Vermont was full of bucket list mushies!

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 6 years ago

Beautiful!

Christine Y.
Spotted by
Christine Y.

Vermont, USA

Spotted on Sep 21, 2017
Submitted on Sep 24, 2017

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