Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Suillaceae
Species: Suillus luteus (L.) Roussel
Synonyms: Boletus luteus
Ixocomus luteus
Common Name: Slippery Jack


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Suillus luteusPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus sylvestris (18)
Pinus (12)
Larix (6)
Pinus contorta (6)
Pinaceae (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (6)
Woodland (4)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3)
Bog: raised (2)
Woodland and scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Other artificial habitats (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (18)
Soil Grassy (7)
Soil Mossy (2)
Soil Needle (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (7)
May (1)
July (1)
August (4)
September (16)
October (16)