Suillus lakei (Murrill) Smith and Thiers
Contr. Toward a Mongr. of N. Am. Sp. of Suillus, p.34. 1964.

Common Name: none

Synonyms: Boletus lakei Murrill; Boletinus lakei (Murrill) Singer

• Pileus

  Cap 4-12 cm broad, convex, broadly convex to nearly plane in age; margin incurved when young, often with veil fragments; surface fibrillose-scaly, reddish-brown to pinkish-brown over a yellowish, gelatinous subcuticle; flesh thick, pale yellow, sometimes turning pink when cut; odor pungent, taste mild.

• Hymenophore

  Tubes adnate to slightly decurrent; pores at first buff-tan, darker in age, bruising brown.

• Stipe

  Stipe 3-7 cm tall, 1.5-2.5 cm thick, equal to slightly clavate, solid; surface yellow at the apex, yellow with overlying reddish-brown fibrils below; flesh blueing at the base when cut; veil pallid, thin, membranous, evanescent, leaving fragments on the cap or forming a soon obliterated, superior veil on the stipe.

• Spores

  Spores 7.5-10 x 3-4 µm, subellipsoid, smooth; spore print brown.

• Habitat

  Scattered to gregarious under Douglas Fir; fruiting from late fall to mid-winter.

• Edibility

  Edible.

• Comments

  Suillus lakei is recognized by a reddish-brown, dry, fibrillose-scaly cap, pores that bruise brown, and a stipe base that turns blue when cut. Although the dry cap is somewhat atypical for a Suillus, it should be noted that old specimens of S. lakei may become viscid in moist weather, especially if the scales have weathered away. Suillus lakei var. pseudopictus occurs in Mendocino county and tends to have a darker, more fibrillose cap.

• References

  Bessette, A.E., Roody, W.C. & Bessette, A.R. (2000). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse University Press: Syracuse, NY. 400 p.
  Smith, A.H. (1949). Mushrooms in their Natural Habitats. Sawyer's Inc: Portland, OR. 626 p.
  Smith, A.H. & Thiers, H.D. (1964). A Contribution Toward A Monograph of North American Species of Suillus. Privately Published: Ann Arbor, MI. 116 p.
  Thiers, H.D. (1967). California boletes III. The genus Suillus. Madroño 19: 148-160.
  Thiers, H.D. (1975). The status of the genus Suillus in the United States. Beih. Nova Hedw. 51: 247-278.
  Thiers, H.D. (1975). California Mushrooms—A Field Guide to the Boletes. Hafner Press: New York, NY. 261 p. (WWW)
  Thiers, H.D. (1979). The genus Suillus in the Western United States. Mycotaxon 9(1): 285-296.
  

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Boleslaw Kuznik: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Boletes of California: Suillus lakei var. lakei (D & CP)
  • Boletes of California: Suillus lakei var. pseudopictus (D)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik -- Hunting for Mushrooms: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Suillus lakei (CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 495 (D), plate 124
  • Arora (1991): p. 183 (D & CP)
  • Bessette et al. (2000): p. 242 (D), p. 337 (CP)
  • Lincoff: p. 585, plate 392
  • McKenny et al.: p. 19 (D & CP)
  • Miller: sp. 290 (D & CP)
  • Phillips: p. 246 (CP), p. 247 (D)
  • Smith (1975): sp. 48 (D & CP)
  • Smith & Weber: sp. 65 (D & CP)
  • Thiers (1975): p. 163 (D)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)