Fungus Schmungus #8

I found a bunch of these mushrooms near our yard under a large pine tree. They are called Chicken Fat Mushroom or Suillus Americanus. They always grow near an Eastern White Pine and nowhere else. They are a type of bolete mushroom which has pores on the underside of the cap rather than gills. Boletes are the only group of mushrooms with pores. I have a post of another bolete mushroom called Dryad’s saddle on 5/28/22. Not all boletes are edible, but this one is. Here is a short YouTube video about these mushrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GegYQ1x4XN0

 

Suillus americanus

Notice the pine needles.

suillus americanus
Pores on a bolete mushroom

Pores on the underside of a Bolete mushroom