Image of Suillus bovinus (L.) Roussel 1796

Description:

Slo.: kravnjaa, prona lupljivka - Habitat: Mixed wood side, dominant Pinus nigra, Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica and other hardwoods, with some ground vegetation; almost flat terrain, relatively sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Soil under Pinus nigra. - Comments: Growing solitary, a few fruitbodies in the vicinity. Pileus diameter 6-8 cm (2.3-3 inch). Cap yellow-ochre (oac855), pores and pore surface yellow-ochre (oac847), stipe yellow ochre (oac898), darker at the base (oac700), flesh yellow (oac856), no bruising observed, SP faint ocher (oac855); smell and taste mild. - Spore dimensions: 8.4 (SD = 0.5) x 3.3 (SD = 0.1) micr., Q = 2.51 (SD = 0.16), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) G.Kibby, British Boletes, Copyright Geoffrey Kibby (2011), p 36. (2) R.Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 295. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 48. (4) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Wrttembergs, Band 2, Ulmer (2000), p 310. (5) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 34. (6) A.Poler, Veselo po gobe (in Slovene), Mohorjeva druba Celovec (2002), p 198.