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Fascinating Fungi

A  large  Australian Purple and Yellow Bolete

4/12/2014

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Picture of an 8-10 inch unidentified Australian bolete
8-10 inch Australian bolete
Picture of the mature pink stem and yellow pores of a  large unidentifiedAustralian bolete
Stem becomes pink and pores become yellow
 The  mature cap  of this  very large unidentified Australian Bolete is about 20 cm or 8 inches in diameter.   Its stem becomes pink and the complementary coloured yellow pores and mauve cap  make it a splendid sight on the Australian eucalypt forest floor.    It is certainly a boletale fungus but whether it is a bolete or one of the other genera must await  scientific analysis.

As shown below,  this bolete grows from white mycelium and the buttons are tightly convex to sub-globose. 



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The stem begins as white, velvety and sometimes caepetose,  meaning  that two mushrooms can be joined at their base. 

The tan stains on the stem were from bruising via rubbing against  forest floor debris as the lines on the right hand specimen shows.  

Notice also the  viscid amber sweat beads  around the base. 

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The cap matures to become almost flat with  slightly incurved, uneven  and wavy  margins.

Picture of an aerolate fungi surfaceAerolate surface
Its  skin begins as finely velvet  mauve, but becomes areolate, meaning that it develops fine cracks  that expose underlying yellow skin.


This Bolete mushroom's Pores and Tubes are  initially white and very tightly packed  before becoming  yellow and wider.   The mature pores have multiple shapes and the sporeprint is yellow-brown.

It's flesh is
thick, white and does not bruise when cut or exposed to air.

Found: Several years running,  early in the season in narrow peppermint bushland, (EVC 45) in Forrest,  the northern edge of Australia's Otway ranges.
2 Comments
sunny
23/5/2017 01:26:48 pm

Did you ever manage to identify the purple capped bolete? I've seen almost identical ones growing in the Lane Cove National Park and amd trying to narrow down the choices as to what it is.

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Nicholas Wilson link
16/11/2022 05:53:43 am

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