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    (c) Davide Puddu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Kari Pihlaviita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Carita Bergman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Nicola Baines, all rights reserved

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    (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Purple-veiled Slippery Jack

Suillus luteus

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Suillus luteus is a bolete fungus, and the type species of the genus Suillus. A common fungus native to Eurasia, from the British Isles to Korea, it has been introduced widely elsewhere, including North and South America, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Commonly referred to as slippery jack or sticky bun in English-speaking countries, its names refer to the brown cap, which is characteristically slimy in wet conditions. The fungus, initially described as Boletus luteus...

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