Larch Bolete - Suillus grevillei

A smallish bolete associated wth Larch.  The cap is sticky and variable in colour from pale yellow to orange-yellow.  Young specimens have a large floppy ring, covering the yellow pores.  The stipe is the same colour as the cap and has a ring zone.  

The Weeping Bolete Suillus granulatus has often been recorded in VC55; it is yellow to reddish brown but has no stem ring.  Suillus bovinus has occasionally been recorded; it is pale brown and has no stem ring. Both are associated with Pine.

host tree

Photograph a fresh specimen from top down and in side view, and underneath to show pores, ring zone, and full length of stipe.  Note habitat and substrate. 

In grassland under Larch trees.

June to October in Britain.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.