SCIENTIFIC NAME: SUILLUS BOVINUS
VERNACULAR NAME: SHALLOW PORED BOLETUS

Fig 1
CAP 3-12cm. Variable in colour from deep yellow to golden-orange through to clay-brown with a distinct pale margin when viewed from the underside. feeling slightly rough and viscid with a pale sticky cuticle.
STIPE Orange to clay starting club-shaped becoming more even and arising from a pink mycelium.
GILLS/PORES The pores are large and angular, yellow becoming more greenish and bruising darker when pressed.
FLESH Whitish with pinkish tinge towards base of stem. Smells slightly fruity.
SPORES Olive green. Ellipsoid to subfusiform.
HABITAT On the ground with pines and other conifers..
SEASON Frequent. Late summer to autumn. 
EDIBILITY Edible. a

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