Suillus

We filled the basket in a couple of hours last Saturday, with slippery jacks (Suillus luteus) and saffron milk caps (Lactarius deliciosus), otherwise known as pine mushrooms.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

We filled the basket in a couple of hours last Saturday, with slippery jacks (Suillus luteus) and saffron milk caps (Lactarius deliciosus), otherwise known as pine mushrooms.

At My Table 2008

These are keenly sought by mushroomers, especially those from Europe along with slippery jacks Suillus luteus which tend to come along before the saffron milk caps, but they can be found growing together.

Archive 2007-04-01 2007

I have been picking morels for twenty-five years and I have never noticed a difference in flavour between young and older morels and in other species we pick, slippery jacks (Suillus luteus) and saffron milk caps (Lactarius deliciosus), we prize younger specimens as older ones have very often started to decay, giving them strong and bitter flavours, which has nothing to do with ripeness.

Archive 2007-07-01 2007

I have been picking morels for twenty-five years and I have never noticed a difference in flavour between young and older morels and in other species we pick, slippery jacks (Suillus luteus) and saffron milk caps (Lactarius deliciosus), we prize younger specimens as older ones have very often started to decay, giving them strong and bitter flavours, which has nothing to do with ripeness.

At My Table 2007

These are keenly sought by mushroomers, especially those from Europe along with slippery jacks Suillus luteus which tend to come along before the saffron milk caps, but they can be found growing together.

At My Table 2007

These are what we refer to as "lesser boletes", mostly Suillus species.

Rain and Boletes 2006

These are what we refer to as "lesser boletes", mostly Suillus species.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006

Lake's Boletus | Suillus lakei - note the general colour of the stem and blue staining at the base of the stem.

BC Bloggers 2009