Suillus americanus is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Suillaceae. Commonly known as the chicken fat mushroom and the American suillus, it produces bright yellow, often slimy caps marked with red to reddish-brown scales, a pore surface of large yellow angular pores that can stain brownish when bruised, and a slender yellow stipe dotted with darker glandular spots. The species was first described in the late 19th century by the American mycologist Charles Horton Peck and later transferred to Suillus. It closely resembles S.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chicken Fat Mushroom being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Suillaceae
- Genus
- Suillus
- Species
- Suillus americanus
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