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Suillus spraguei seen in Phajoding.

Suillus spraguei Disp Phajoding DW Ms.jpg Albatrellus caeruleoporus hymeniumThumbnailsHimalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.Albatrellus caeruleoporus hymeniumThumbnailsHimalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.Albatrellus caeruleoporus hymeniumThumbnailsHimalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.Albatrellus caeruleoporus hymeniumThumbnailsHimalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.Albatrellus caeruleoporus hymeniumThumbnailsHimalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.Albatrellus caeruleoporus hymeniumThumbnailsHimalayan Caesar mushroom - Amanita hemibapha, a choice edible. It was first described in the 1860s from neighboring Sikkim.

This "Painted bolete" (it used to be Suillus pictus) is widely eaten in Bhutan. Whole young caps a fried tubes down. We enjoyed it several times!