Suillus placidus    (Bonorden) Singer 

common name(s) : Slippery White Bolete, Placid Bolete 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Boletales/Suillaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Boletales/Boletaceae  

synonyms: Boletus placidus 

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Suillus placidus toxicity of Suillus placidus genus Suillus  

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 3 and 14 cm)
  height of stem approximately 11 cm (between 6 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 10 and 25 mm)

Distinctive features : very pale cap; stem dotted with red-brown; pores weeping when young; with 5 needle pines (aroles, Weymouth) in the mountains

Suillus placidus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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