Suillus sp.{RINCHEN DORJI} SHERUBTSE COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVRIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES, ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BHUTAN

OBJECTIVES1. To collect and identify macrofungus from

Kanglung.2. To take photographs of identified specimen.3. To record for future reference.

HABITAT AND EDIBILITYTerrestrial under pine scattered to gregarious andSuillus pictus is edible [1].

RESULTS

Figure 1: Suillus sp. habitat

Figure 2: Suillus sp. pileus

Figure 3: Suillus sp. cross section

Figure 4: Suillus sp. showing pores

REFERENCES

[1] Penjor D. Mata, M. and S. Pradhan. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forest; National mushroom center., 2010 edition.

[2] CJ Alexopoulos, CW Mims, and M Blackwell. Phylum oomycota. Introductory mycology, 4:683–737, 1996.

FUTURE RESEARCHThis study could be an useful resource for theinterested students to know about edible mush-rooms within the Kanglung locality and also to de-velop poster on edible wild mushroom in future.

CONCLUSIONSuillus pictus is bright red colored which usuallyfades away on maturity [1].

DESCRIPTIONClass: BasidiomycetesOrder: AgaricalesFamily: BoletaceaeGenus: Suillus pictusAs per [2]. Cap: 5-10 cm in diameter, cone-shapedor convex becoming flat, with an incurved mar-gin often hung with veil remnants, red to red-dish yellow with coarse scales, surface dry andsometimes viscid in wet young specimens. Hy-menophore: Tubes adnate to decurrent and brightyellow. Stem: 5-10cm long and up to 2cm wide,solid, sometimes wider at the bottom yellow at thetop above the ring, scaly and patchy below simi-lar to the cap. White veil with pink patches, del-icate, fibrous, leaving a dull colored ring on thestem. Flesh: downy yellow changing to dull pinkor reddish if bruised. Spore Print: Olive brown[1]. In Kanglung locality it is popularly known asDhonBamong ( Gyeltshen, personal communica-tion, September 09, 2017).

Figure 5: Suillus sp. habitat

OBSERVATIONSuillus pictus can often be found in large quantitiesin pine woods where it is the frequently the dom-inant species. Suillus pictus starts decaying beforeit is fully matured [1].

Figure 6: Suillus sp. habitat