Suillus caerulescens

 Suillus caerulescens is an edible species of bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae.[1] It was first described scientifically by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Harry D. Thiers in 1964.[2] Its stem bruises blue, which sometimes takes a few minutes.[1]

Suillus caerulescens
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Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Basidiomycota
Class:Agaricomycetes
Order:Boletales
Family:Suillaceae
Genus:Suillus
Species:
S. caerulescens
Binomial name
Suillus caerulescens
A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1964)

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