Suillus grevillei

Taxobox | name = "Suillus grevillei"

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image_width = 250px
status = Common / secure
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Boletales
familia = Boletaceae
genus = "Suillus"
species ="S.grevillei"
binomial="Suillus grevillei"
binomial_authority = (Klotzsch) Singer
synonyms = "Suillus elegans"mycomorphbox
name = Suillus grevillei
ecologicalType = mycorrhizal
capShape = convex
capShape2=
hymeniumType=pores
stipeCharacter= ring
sporePrintColor=ochre
howEdible=edible

"Suillus grevillei" (common names Larch Bolete, Greville's Bolete, or Bovine Bolete) is a mycorrhizal mushroom with a tight, brilliant and dry cap where the hymenium easily separates from the flesh of the cap, with a central stalk that is quite slender. The species has a ring or a tight-fitting annular zone.

Description

"Suillus grevillei" is a mushroom with a 5 to 10 cm (2-4 in) cap colored from citrus yellow to burnt orange, that is at first hemispherical, then bell-shaped, and finally flattened. It has a sticky skin, short tubes of yellow or brownish which descend down to the bottom of its cylindrical stalk (6-10 x 1-2 cm) which is cream-colored turning to reddish brown with a cream-white ring.

It has a thin meat which has consistency at first but then quickly becomes soft. It has an odor reminiscent of rumpled geranium leaves.

It grows in the soil of mixed forests, always at the foot of larch with which it lives in symbiosis. It grows from June until November.

"Suillus grevillei" is an edible mushroom (without consistency nor flavor) if the slimy cuticle is removed.

Its name is derived from Robert Kaye Greville [ [http://natura.provincia.cuneo.it/funghi/scheda.jsp?id=418 natura.provincia.cuneo.it (In italian)] , accessed 5 August 2008]

Bibliography

Works in French

* Régis Courtecuisse, Bernard Duhem : "Guide des champignons de France et d'Europe" (Delachaux & Niestlé, 1994-2000).
* Marcel Bon : "Champignons de France et d'Europe occidentale" (Flammarion, 2004)
* Dr Ewaldt Gerhardt : "Guide Vigot des champignons" (Vigot, 1999) - ISBN 2-7114-1413-2
* Roger Phillips : "Les champignons" (Solar, 1981) - ISBN 2-263-00640-0
* Thomas Laessoe, Anna Del Conte : "L'Encyclopédie des champignons" (Bordas, 1996) - ISBN 2-04-027177-5
* Peter Jordan, Steven Wheeler : "Larousse saveurs - Les champignons" (Larousse, 1996) - ISBN 2-03-516003-0
* G. Becker, Dr L. Giacomoni, J Nicot, S. Pautot, G. Redeuihl, G. Branchu, D. Hartog, A. Herubel, H. Marxmuller, U. Millot et C. Schaeffner : "Le guide des hampignons" (Reader's Digest, 1982) - ISBN 2-7098-0031-4
* Henri Romagnesi : "Petit atlas des champignons" (Bordas, 1970) - ISBN 2-04007940-8

"This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article on the French Wikipedia.