Suillus cavipes
Hollow Bolete
Cap
- covered with fibrillose scales
- cap color: pale to rusty brown
- non-slimy surface
Stipe
- hollow
- pale at Apex then same as cap below ring
- contins cavities
- note: "cavipes" means hollow stipe
Underside of cap
- short tubes are decurrent on stipe
- do not change color when bruised
The following were posted on
WhatisThisMushroom by Maureen
9/25/15
Discussion on "What is this Mushroom"
Maurine said:
Cap 10cm, soft and felty
Not blueing when bruised
Stipe hollow, pale above the ring
3500’ in mixed conifers
Skye said:
Think you might be right. Suillus cavipes is one of the few in this genus
that has a hollow stalk in the lower half in age.
Dick said:
Looks right to me. Usually found in areas where Larch is present