Sighting 4569606
bolete
3 bolete at O'Connor, ACT
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| zz bolete | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Jun 2024 | |
| Boletus sp. | JTran | 1 May 2024 |
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Interesting bolete that I have been unable to identify using any of my Australian fungi guides. Located between an exotic street tree (non-chinese elm?) and a stringy-barked eucalypt (in someone's yard, couldn't get a closer look). Initially suspected it was a discoloured Boletus barragensis due to the cap appearance, stem shape and reddish colour, however it lacks stem reticulation, has the wrong coloured spores, and is overall too chunky.
Based on the morphology, the closest match I found online was a variety of Boletus luridiformis (https://boletales.com/genera/boletus/b-luridiformis/). All the characteristics match pretty well, but I am still uncertain since there are no previous records of this species occurring in Australia. Curious to see what other people think.
3 comments
1 May 2024
Unfortunately, I suspect this is one of a great many undescribed Australian boletes. @Heino1 may have more info.
2 May 2024
This is one of many boletes that I don't like to say anything about unless I've got a specimen to study. I'm a bolete coward!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.122604-35.255350
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 1 May 2024 08:19 AM Recorded on
- JTran Recorded by
Collections
- JTran Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Boletes - Fleshy texture, stems central (more-or-less) Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores] Fungi Bolete sp.
Species information
- bolete Scientific name
- bolete Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1286.28m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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