Boletes - Fleshy texture, stems central (more-or-less)


 

The fungi in this sub-group produce fruitbodies that, until you look below the cap could be mistaken for mushrooms. However, instead of gills below the cap there are pores. In fungal field guides you will find these fungi referred to collectively as boletes. In boletes the cap is quite thick in relation to its diameter. In some boletes the flesh or pores may turn blue when damaged, in others there is no colour change and bolete identification keys ask about this.

 

In the following hints you see examples of useful identification features and a few of the more commonly seen genera in which at least some species (not necessarily all) show those features.

 

Hints

Cap over 30 cm in diameter: Phlebopus.

Very soft texture, like marshmallow: Fistulinella.

Red cap, yellow pores: Boletellus.

Growing near pine trees: Suillus.

Growing near birch trees: Leccinum.

Stem deeply pitted, somewhat honeycomb-like: Austroboletus.

 


Boletes - Fleshy texture, stems central (more-or-less)

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Teresa wrote:
12 Jun 2025
OK

Boletellus sp.
arjay wrote:
12 Jun 2025
Will think about it.

Boletellus sp.
Teresa wrote:
12 Jun 2025
Take it and all your notes, with your name, location and pics to the herbarium for storage and to confirm identification; either to Canberra or to Orange.

Boletellus sp.
arjay wrote:
11 Jun 2025
But what do I do with it once it is dried?

Boletellus sp.
Teresa wrote:
11 Jun 2025
Dig the entire specimen and dry it in a dehydrator, providing it is on private land, if not you will require a license

Boletellus sp.
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