Suillus variegatus
(Fr.) O. Kuntze
The variegated bolete, Velvet bolete
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The mushroom fruiting body is edible.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Balkans, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Europe, Finland, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine
How to Identify
A temperate-zone mushroom in the family Suillaceae.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Suillus variegatus, commonly called the velvet bolete or variegated bolete, is a species of edible mushroom in the genus Suillus. Like all bolete-like species it has tubes, and pores, instead of gills under its cap. The mushroom forms a mycorrhizal relationship with pine and occurs in North America and Eurasia.
Notes
Also put in the family Boletaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Kangstatti, Sandsopp, Sandsvamp
Boletus variegatus Fr.Ixocomus variegatus Swartz.:Fr.Boletus bovinus
References (9)
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- Kaufmann, B. et al, 1999, The Great Encyclopedia of Mushrooms. Konemann. p 18
- Pace, G., 1998, Mushrooms of the world. Firefly books. p 194 (As Boletus variegatus)
- Pelkonen, R., et al, 2008, Element Concentrations in Wild Edible Mushrooms in Finland. The Finnish Environment 25
- Svanberg, I., & Lindh, H., 2019, Mushroom hunting and consumption in twenty-first century post-industrial Sweden. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2019) 15:42
