Suillus cavipes

(Opat.) A. H. Sm. & Thiers

Hollow-stalked boletus

SuillaceaeMushrooms

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus

The mushroom fruiting body is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant and also in high altitude tropical places. It is eaten among the Dani of Papua Indonesia.

Asia, China, Himalayas, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, North America, Papua, Russia, SE Asia, USA,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A temperate mushroom with a red-brown cap, found in temperate regions and high altitude tropical areas including Papua Indonesia, where it is considered a choice edible species.

Wikipedia

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Suillus cavipes, commonly known as the hollow foot is a species of mushroom in the genus Suillus. The epithet cavipes (Latin: 'hollow foot') refers to the hollow stem. The brownish cap is up to 12 centimetres (4+3⁄4 in) wide, dry, fibrillose, sometimes with veil remnants on the edge. The pores are buff and usually decurrent. The stipe is up to 9 cm long and 2 cm thick, yellowish above, sometimes with a slight ring, and cap-colored below. The flesh is whitish and firm. It is found in Europe and North America. It is associated with larch in the Pacific Northwest. It is edible.

Other Information

It is a choice mushroom.

Notes

Also put in the family Boletaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Hollow stem larch suillus, Kongbing xiaoniuganjun

References (5)

Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
Dongol, et al, 1995, Edible Mushrooms in Nepal (As Holetinus cavipes)
Hall, I. R., et al, 2003, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World. Timber Press. p 310
Ostry, M. E., et al, 2010, Field Guide to Common Macrofungi in Eastern Forests and Their Ecosystem Functions. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NRS-79 p 70
Walulo, E. B., 2008, Review: Research Ethnobotany in Indonesia and the Future Perspectives. Biodiversitas Vol. 9 Nomor 1. Halaman 59-63 http://www.unsjournals.com/D/D0901/D090114.pdf