Four Australian Bolete Fungi
with many more on FungiOz app
Boletellus obscurecoccineus  Boletellus Obscurecoccinnus Boletellus Obscurecoccineus is also known as the Rhubarb bolete. It is stunning and quite common in Australian Eucalypt forest. The flocked, puce upper surface makes it a joy to touch as well as look at. Fistulina Mollis  Fistulina Mollis Fistulina Mollis is known as The Marshmallow Bolete due to the collapsible softness of it's tubes and pores. it's skin is very glutinous, sticky and can be stretched without breaking. | Phlebopus marginatus Phlebopus marginatus Phlebopus Marginatus is a giant Australian mushroom that can grow as large as a metre wide. The flesh of cap and stem is solid but cuts rather like cake with only a little blueing. It was thought to be ectomycorrhizal but recent studies suggest otherwise and efforts to cultivate this fungi are underway in Thailand. Austroboletus Niveus Austroboletus niveus This Australian Austroboletus fungi grows singly or in small groups in eucalyptus wood land. The size varies to about 16 cm tall and7 -8 cm across and the stem is deeply reticulated. Both the stem and cap surface sweat viscid and very bitter amber droplets and the stem surface is quite slimy. In contrast, the cap surface is a pinky matt with incurred margins that are slightly appendiculate. The tubes and pores are white and the spore print is pinkish- brown. |
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