Early Bolete on Sand at Clumber Park

[FungiJohn]

Hello all

Found at Clumber Park (12th April 2009) on a foray with Les, this early Bolete has me stumped!

The area used to support mainly conifer and a few deciduous trees. The area is now very sandy and prolific with orange peel fungus each winter. Apart from distant Beech trees and young spruce the below image is typical of habitat:



When cut the bolete had a very ‘mushroom’ smell but no colouration.
Cap size 42mm, Stripe 30mm

Only two individual fruit bodies were found in separate locations but they were well camouflaged by the sand and the ‘famous clumber pebbles’!





Any help much appreciated.

John

[kiltoncomp]

Hi John,

from the look of the pores, i would think it may be one of the Suillus sp,
i would not like to say which one though, none of which are usually spring species ??

Brian.

[NickCantle]

Definitely a Suillus as Brian says, but I'd not like to comment either, well...not without literature to hand

[FungiJohn]

Hi Brian and Nick

I agree with you both on Suillus but I'm having problems keying this one out

John

[mollisia]

Hello,

it seems to be Suillus luteus, judging from the ring, the coloration of the cap and the mycorrhiza partner Pinus.
It seems not too unusual that in sandy areas (especially costal dunes) the fungi appear when conditions are favourable - nevertheless which time of year it is. I know Suillus granulatus and Suillus collinitus from April and May in the dunes of western France, in quite large quantities.

best regards,
Andreas

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello,

it seems to be Suillus luteus, judging from the ring, the coloration of the cap and the mycorrhiza partner Pinus.
It seems not too unusual that in sandy areas (especially costal dunes) the fungi appear when conditions are favourable - nevertheless which time of year it is. I know Suillus granulatus and Suillus collinitus from April and May in the dunes of western France, in quite large quantities.

best regards,
Andreas

Hi Andreas

It was the ring and remnants that were confusing me. I think my biggest problem was having never seen 'dried' slippery Jack ... always typically wet.

Thanks again

John

[kiltoncomp]

if it is "slippery jack", then its time to visit a little wood near Retford i know, where last year they were growing by the hundreds, although it was much later in the year than these are,
its only a young wood but the amount and variety of fungi is amazing,
almost as good as Clumber

Brian.

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by kiltoncomp

almost as good as Clumber
Brian.

Surely a typo Brian … Shall I edit it

John

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Surely a typo Brian … Shall I edit it

John

i did say "almost" John, Clumber will still take some beating, even Sherwood, with its much larger area does not seem to quite match up to Clumber somehow (although ive had some nice finds there)

Brian.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Hi Andreas

It was the ring and remnants that were confusing me. I think my biggest problem was having never seen 'dried' slippery Jack ... always typically wet.

Thanks again

John

I would agree with that John. The ring looks quite flimsy for luteus and the scales on the cap are unusual to say the least.

Mal