Suillus

Suillus
S. luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Suillaceae
Genus: Suillus
Gray (1821)
Type species
Suillus luteus
(L.) Roussel (1821)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pinuzza Gray (1821)
  • Boletus sect. Viscipellis Fr. (1838)
  • Euryporus Quél. (1886)
  • Cricunopus P.Karst. (1881)
  • Rostkovites P.Karst. (1881)
  • Viscipellis (Fr.) Quél. (1886)
  • Viscipellis subgen. Peplopus Quél. (1886)
  • Peplopus (Quél.) Quél. ex Moug. & Ferry (1887)
  • Ixocomus Quél. (1888)
  • Boletopsis Henn. (1898)
  • Solenia Hill ex Kuntze (1898)
  • Fuscoboletinus Pomerl. & A.H.Sm. (1962)
  • Mariaella Šutara (1987)
  • Gastrosuillus Thiers (1989)

Suillus is a genus of basidiomycete fungi in the family Suillaceae and order Boletales. Species in the genus are associated with trees in the pine family (Pinaceae), and are mostly distributed in temperate locations in the Northern Hemisphere, although some species have been introduced to the Southern Hemisphere.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Suillus was first named by British botanist Samuel Frederick Gray in the first volume of his 1821 work A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. Setting Suillus luteus as the type species, he described the genus as those mushrooms with a centrally placed stipe, a distinct ring, a circular cap, and tubes that are stuck together.[3]

They have been commonly called "slippery jacks" because the cap of the fruit body is sometimes slimy. The genus name is derived from the Latin sus, meaning "pig". Prior to 1997, the genus Suillus was considered part of the family Boletaceae.

Description

Structures of the fungi in this genus in common with other members of the order Boletales include the presence of a cylindrical stipe, cap, soft flesh and tubular hymenium. Specific characteristics common to most species in Suillus are the cap cuticle which is often slimy and sticky when moist, the presence of darkly staining, clustered, sterile cells called cystidia that give the tube mouths or the stipe surface a speckled or glandular appearance, spores that are usually cinnamon brown or chocolate brown in mass, and obligate mycorrhizal relationships primarily with members of the Pinaceae, especially with members of the genera Pinus, Larix and Pseudotsuga.

Intra-genus variation may be demonstrated by differences in colour and ornamentation of the cap cuticle, flesh, pores and stipe, the presence of a partial veil in immature forms and annuli thereafter, pore shape and distribution, as well as habitat. The cap cuticle is dark brown in S. brevipes, and yellow in S. grevillei. S. granulatus has a smooth cap cuticle, while that of S. lakei is finely scaly. The pores are bright yellow in S. collinitus, cinnamon in S. variegatus and grey in S. viscidus; in shape they are round in S. luteus and angular in S. bovinus. The flesh is white to yellow in S. luteus, while it is pallid in S. variegatus with a tendency to turn blue when exposed to air. Young S. luteus and S. grevillei bear partial veils whose remnants remain as annuli hanging from the stipe; in S. granulatus the stipe is bare. S. viscidus and S. grevillei occur under larch (Larix) only, while S. sibiricus is restricted to a few species of 5-needled pine (Pinus).

Habitat and distribution

Species of Suillus are found all over the Northern Hemisphere where members of the tree family Pinaceae can be found. Although a few species are distributed in tropical regions (usually mountainous areas), most are limited to temperate areas. Some species have been introduced adventitiously with pine trees in pine plantations outside the natural area of Pinaceae.[4]

Some Suillus species have entered regional red lists as endangered or vulnerable. Seven European countries have listed S. sibiricus.[5] Individual countries have also listed other species, including S. flavidus, S. tridentinus, S. collinitus, S. plorans and S. lakei.[6]

Uses

Some Suillus species are edible and are highly esteemed, particularly in Slavic countries, where they are generally referred to as butter mushrooms. They are generally picked as buttons when the flesh is still firm. In some species, the slimy cap coat acts as a purgative when consumed and should be removed before cooking. Species of Suillus have been associated with the term "bolete", given to members of other genera bearing pores, most notably Boletus.

Some species can be used to make mushroom dyes, like S. americanus, S. cothurnatus, S. granulatus,[7] and S. luteus.[8]

Species

The cap underside of Suillus americanus showing angular yellow pores.
Suillus bovinus
Suillus brevipes
Suillus granulatus
Suillus grevillei
Suillus neoalbidipes
Suillus spraguei

A list of Suillus species is presented below.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Suillus Gray 1821". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 672. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. ↑ Gray SF. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants 1. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 646.
  4. ↑ Singer R. (1986). The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy (4th ed.). Königstein im Taunus, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. pp. 752–7. ISBN 3-87429-254-1.
  5. ↑ Dahlberg A, Croneborg H. (2006). The 33 Threatened Fungi in Europe. Council of Europe. p. 113. ISBN 978-92-871-5928-1.
  6. ↑ "Red Lists". European Council for the Conservation of Fungi. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  7. ↑ Bessette A, Bessette AR. (2001). The Rainbow Beneath my Feet: A Mushroom Dyer's Field Guide. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 49–52. ISBN 0-8156-0680-X.
  8. ↑ Pazarioglu NK, Akkaya A, Sariisik AM, Erkan G, Kumbasar EPA. (2011). "Dyeing of wool fibers with natural fungal dye from Suillus luteus". Asian Journal of Chemistry 23 (6): 2600–4. ISSN 0970-7077.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wang Q-B, Yao Y-J. (2004). "Revision and nomenclature of several boletes in China". Mycotaxon 89 (2): 341–8.
  10. ↑ Engel H, Dermek A, Klofac W, Ludwig E, Brückner T. (1996). Schmier- und Filzröhrlinge s.l. in Europa. Die Gattungen Boletellus, Boletinus, Phylloporus, Suillus, Xerocomus (in German). Weidhausen b. Coburg: Verlag Heinz Engel.
  11. ↑ Bruns TD, Grusiba LC, Trappe JM, Kerekes JF, Vellinga EC. (2010). "Suillus quiescens, a new species commonly found in the spore bank in California and Oregon". Mycologia 102 (2): 438–46. doi:10.3852/09-149. PMID 20361510.

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