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Blue-staining Slippery Jack

Suillus tomentosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 31, February 27, March 28, April 35, May 34, June 25, July 21, August 22, September 27, October 28, November 72, December 28.
United States1,322
Canada586
California340
Alberta321
British Columbia236
Idaho164
Colorado162
Oregon157
Washington122
Ontario103

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Bolete fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically boletes.Inferred from its group
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilySuillaceae
GenusSlippery Jacks · Suillus

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