Suillus bovinus.

Suillus bovinus. It occurs frequently and in places quite abundant, especially in the north of the forest zone. It grows in pine forests, often humid forests and sphagnum bogs with pine, alone and in groups. The cap is convex, then flat, usually with a wavy edge, naked, mucous, ocher-pink, reddish-brown or grayish-pink skin is stripped only at the edges. The tubular layer which has grown to a leg or slightly decurrent on it, with broad, irregular pores angular, grayish-yellow, later reddish-green. The stem is cylindrical, often bent, solid, smooth, single color with a hat or lighter. Pulp is a flexible, light yellowish or reddish, turning blue on a break a little, without much flavor, with a weak pleasant smell. Used as food fresh (boiled and fried) and pickled.

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