Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Suillus cavipes

Suillus cavipes - Hat diameter 40 to 100 mm, lemon-yellow, cinnamon-brown to orange-brown, also reddish to vinegar, first convex to blunt-conical, later flattened, concave, often with a sharp umbo. Dry surface, coarse-textured. The shore is often covered with remains of the shield during the youth.

Tubes 5-12 mm long yellowish to olive, later greenish-yellow, very wide and elongated, uneven openings, converging on the shaft.

Large, diamond-shaped, angular and diversified pores, narrowly meshed to the edge of the hat, the colors of the tubes.

Stem 30-90 mm long and 8-35 mm thick, colored like a hat, tufted, with a leathery ring, slightly yellowish under it, yellow-brown, somewhat pointed towards the base, thickened, quickly becoming empty in the middle, quite fragile.

Flesh pale yellow, colorless, spongy, in the stipe whitish with a brown tint. Taste mild, pleasant smell, fungus.

Occurrence: In coniferous forests under larches, especially in medium and high mountains. From June to October.

Value: edible fungus.