Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s fascinating fungi.  Today we have not one species but a whole group that’s both reasonably easy to identify and edible: Suillus  species, many of which are called Slippery Jacks. The first thing you’ll notice about a Slippery Jack is the feature that gives it that common name: a somewhat slimy or sticky cap. These mushrooms do indeed look slippery, especially after rain. Peek under that cap and you’ll see Slip

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