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Table 9.1 (continued)
Scientific name
Common name
Position in classification
(Index Fungorum 2017)
Habitat
Ramaria botrytis
(Pers.) Bourdot.
Clustered coral, the
pink-tipped coral
mushroom, the
cauliflower coral
Gomphaceae, Gomphales,
Phallomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Ectomycorrhizal
Rhizopogon luteolus
Fr.
Yellow false truffle
Rhizopogonaceae, Boletales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Russula virescens
(Schaeff.) Fr
Green quilted russula Russulaceae, Russulales,
Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Ectomycorrhizal
Russula cyanoxantha
(Schaeff.) Fr.
Charcoal burner
Ectomycorrhizal
Russula heterophylla
(Fr.) Fr.
Ectomycorrhizal
Russula olivacea
(Schaeff.) Fr.
Olive brittlegill
Ectomycorrhizal
Russula vesca (Fries) Bare-toothed russula,
the flirt
Ectomycorrhizal
Russula virescens
(Schaeff.) Fr.
Green-cracking
russula, the quilted
green russula, green
brittlegill
Ectomycorrhizal
Sparassis crispa
(Wulfen) Fr.
Cauliflower
mushroom
Sparassidaceae, Polyporales,
Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Saprobic
Suillus americanus
(Peck) Snell
Chicken fat
Suillaceae, Boletales,
Agaricomycetidae,
Agaricomycetes,
Agaricomycotina,
Basidiomycota
Ectomycorrhizal
Suillus bovinus (L.)
Roussel
Jersey cow
mushroom, bovine
bolete
Ectomycorrhizal
Suillus brevipes
(Peck) Kuntze
Short-stalked suillus
Ectomycorrhizal
Suillus granulatus
(L.) Roussel
Weeping bolete,
granulated bolete
Ectomycorrhizal
Suillus luteus (L.)
Roussel
Slippery jack
Ectomycorrhizal
Suillus tomentosus
Singer
Blue-staining
slippery jack, poor
man’s slippery jack,
woolly capped
Ectomycorrhizal
Suillus variegatus
(Sw.) Richon & Roze
Velvet bolete,
variegated bolete
Ectomycorrhizal
(continued)
9 Mushrooms as Edible Foods