Suillus glandulosipes

White-stemmed Bolete

A pale-stemmed slippery jack whose young cap margin carries a soft cottony roll of sterile tissue (a false veil) rather than a true partial veil, so no ring forms on the stem. The cap becomes tan to cinnamon brown and the stem develops glandular dots by maturity. MushroomExpert now treats Suillus albidipes and S. neoalbidipes as synonyms of this species.

Species profile

Edibility: Not edible
Edibility disputed; not recommended. Wikipedia lists it as edible, but MykoWeb gives its edibility as not determined. Compare S. brevipes (no veil, shorter stem, no obvious dots) and S. pseudobrevipes (veil forms a ring or sheath on the stem).

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Habitat

Ectomycorrhizal with pines, both hard (two- and three-needle) pines and five-needle pines; in California under Bishop pine and less often beach pine (MykoWeb), and in the East documented with eastern white pine (MushroomExpert). Gregarious to clustered in humus.

Distribution

Pacific Northwest and northern coastal California, east to Michigan (MykoWeb); the MushroomExpert key and current concept also include eastern North America.

Characteristics

Cap: slimy; yellow to pale tan or reddish cinnamon, becoming tan to cinnamon brown with age; young margin with a white cottony roll of false-veil tissue that disappears with age. Pores: yellowish, often with reddish-brown glandular droplets. Stem: whitish, without a ring or sheath; densely covered with glandular dots that become dark brown to black; base not bruising reddish brown. Spore print: brown (as in Suillus).