Larch bolete
Suillus grevillei · 厚环乳牛肝菌
Occasional乳牛肝菌科🔥 Edible With Preparation
Sources report it requires expert processing before it can be eaten; cases of poisoning from improper handling have been recorded.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap bright yellow to orange-yellow, sticky and glossy when wet
- Stem with a pale yellow gelatinous ring; pores yellow, browning slightly when bruised
- Grows only under larch
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 乳牛肝菌科
- Hymenium
- Pores
- Grows On
- Mycorrhizal
- How Big
- 4–12 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Larch woods, strictly with larch
Easily Confused With
Slippery jackCap brown, coated in a slippery layer of slimeFun Fact
It only partners with larch trees — find a larch and you stand a chance of finding it; look under any other pine and you're wasting your time.
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