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Poor Man's Slippery Jack

Suillus fuscotomentosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 140, February 46, March 38, April 48, May 46, June 34, July 29, August 30, September 38, October 38, November 49, December 138.
United States483
California468
Nevada12
Mexico3
Washington2
Morelos2
Utah1
Queretaro de Arteaga1

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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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