Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Suillaceae
Species: Suillus viscidus (L.) Roussel
Synonyms: Boletus aeruginascens
Boletus laricinus
Boletus viscidus
Fuscoboletinus aeruginascens
Ixocomus viscidus
Suillus aeruginascens
Suillus laricinus
Common Name: Sticky Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Suillus viscidusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Larix (6)
Poa (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (4)
Soil Grassy (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
July (2)
August (1)
September (3)
October (2)