Suillus ochraceoroseus

Suillus ochraceoroseus, commonly known as the rosey larch bolete,^[2] is a species of mushroom in the genus Suillus. It appears with larch in early summer,^[3] is edible, and similar in appearance to S. lakei.^[4]

Suillus ochraceoroseus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Suillaceae
Genus:	Suillus
Species:	S. ochraceoroseus
Binomial name
Suillus ochraceoroseus (Snell) Singer (1973)
Synonyms[1]
Boletinus ochraceoroseus Snell (1941) Fuscoboletinus ochraceoroseus (Snell) Pomerl. & A.H.Sm. (1962)

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Wally Snell as Boletinus ochraceoroseus in 1941, based on specimens he had collected near Smith Creek in Idaho.^[5] René Pomerleau and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Fuscoboletinus in 1962.^[6] In 1973, Rolf Singer transferred the species to Suillus.^[7]

Description

The cap is whitish then red, and dry and fibrillose, sometimes with buff veil remnants on the edge. The pores are yellow to brown. The stipe is yellowish with red-brown hues near the base, usually has a ring or ring zone, often hollow, with flesh staining blue-green.^[3]

References

1. "Suillus ochraceoroseus (Snell) Singer 1973". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
2. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
3. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 223–224. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
4. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
5. Snell WH, Dick EA. (1941). "Notes on boletes. VI". Mycologia. 33 (1): 23–37. doi:10.2307/3754732. JSTOR 3754732.
6. Pomerleau R, Smith AH. (1962). "Fuscoboletinus, a new genus of the Boletales". Brittonia. 14 (2): 156–72. doi:10.2307/2805220. JSTOR 2805220. S2CID 39531660.
7. Singer R. (1973). "Notes on bolete taxonomy". Persoonia. 7 (2): 313–30.

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Suillus ochraceoroseus Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is convex or flat
	Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
	Stipe has a ring or is bare
	Spore print is reddish-brown to purple-brown
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is edible

• Suillus ochraceoroseus in Index Fungorum