White butter dish (Suillus placidus)
Systematics:
- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Boletales
- Family: Suillaceae (Oily)
- Genus: Suillus (Oily)
- Species: Suillus placidus (Butter dish white)
The cap of a white oiler is 5–12 cm in diameter, in young mushrooms it is convex, cushion-shaped, then flattened, sometimes concave. The color of the cap in young mushrooms is whitish, pale yellow at the edges, then grayish or yellowish white, darkening to dull olive in damp weather. The surface of the cap is smooth, bare and slightly slimy, when dry it is shiny. The skin is easily removable.
The flesh of the butter dish is white-dense, white or yellowish, light yellow above the tubes. At the break, it slowly changes color to wine red; according to other sources, does not change color. Mushroom taste and smell, expressionless.
The leg of the oiler is white, 3-9 cm x 0.7-2 cm, cylindrical, sometimes fusiform towards the base, eccentric or central, often curved, solid, white, yellowish under the cap. At maturity, the surface is covered with reddish-violet-brown spots and warts, in places merging into ridges. The ring is missing.
All almost white; leg without ring, usually with reddish or brown warts, almost merging into ridges. Grows with five-coniferous pines.
Similar species The white cap, the reddish-spotted stem, and the lack of a blanket, combined with the proximity to the pine trees, make this species easily recognizable. The Siberian oiler (Suillus sibiricus) and the cedar oiler (Suillus plorans) found in the same places are noticeably darker in color.
The edible marsh boletus (Leccinum holopus), a rare fungus that forms mycorrhiza with birches, is also mentioned as a similar fungus. In the latter, the color in the mature state acquires a greenish or bluish tint.
An edible but insignificant mushroom. Suitable for food fresh, pickled and salted. Only young fruiting bodies are collected, which should be cooked immediately, because their flesh quickly begins to rot.
The edible mushroom is also mentioned as a similar mushroom.
