| Suillus punctipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Suillaceae |
| Genus: | Suillus |
| Species: | S. punctipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Suillus punctipes | |
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Suillus punctipes, commonly known as the spicy suillus, is a bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae.
Taxonomy
The fungus was originally described in 1878 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck as a species of Boletus. Collected from Gansevoort, New York, Peck described its distinguishing features as "its rhubarb-colored stem thickened at the base and the brownish color of the young hymenium".3 Rolf Singer transferred it to Suillus in 1945.4
Habitat and distribution
The bolete has been recorded from Taiwan.5
Uses
The species is edible but very soft.6
References
References
- Singer R. (1942). Das System der Agaricales. II. Annales Mycologici. Vol. 40. p. 30.
- "GSD Species Synonymy: Suillus punctipes (Peck) Singer". CAB International. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- Peck CH. (1879). "Report of the Botanist (1878)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 17–72 (see p. 32).
- Singer R. (1945). "The Boletineae of Florida with notes on extralimital species. II. The Boletaceae (Gyroporoideae)". Farlowia. 2 (2 ed.). Weinheim: Cramer: 223–303 (see p. 277).
- Yeh K-W, Chen Z-C. (1980). "The boletes of Taiwan" (PDF). Taiwania. 25 (1): 166–184.
- Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.