bitter bolete?

spoik · #1 (**permalink**) 29-09-2008, 06:59 PM

Please help with this first one i found it under pine trees with some amanita near by.

flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 29-09-2008, 07:42 PM

Hi Spoik
It could be but it should have a strongly reticulated stipe (a network on the stalk) and it is not easy to see that on your picture. The other giveaway is the very bitter taste and we can't get that from the picture either

Mal

fairplay · #3 (**permalink**) 29-09-2008, 10:30 PM

Your first photo smacks of being a Suillus species to me.

Neil.

Steve Wurzel · #4 (**permalink**) 30-09-2008, 01:18 AM

Call me barking mad, but isn't that the rare Suillus collinitus?

Suillus collinitus? Vulnerable Boletes

I'm not seeing the markings on the cap as strongly, but the stem is spot on.

NickCantle · #5 (**permalink**) 30-09-2008, 12:22 PM

The stem does actually look like it could be Steve, but if I were to be sensible I'd say "There's not enough information in the photograph for a positive ID"