Boletus sp.1
(Bolete)
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FAMILY |
Boletaceae |
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Species |
Boletus sp. 1 |
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Common name |
Bolete |
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Colour |
Cap, reddish-brown, splotchy, to yellowish towards margins |
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Habitat |
Woodland |
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Description |
These mushrooms were found growing in a Eucalyptus platyphylla woodland. Cap convex expanding with age, to 7 cm diameter and 2 cm deep, has dark red patches and paler patches on top becoming yellowish-green towards the margins. Lower surface with yellowish-green, thick-walled pores 2-3 per mm. Stem reddish, bulbous base, to 6 cm long and 1.2 cm wide, tissues loosely packed. All cut or wounded surfaces quickly change colour from yellowish to dark green/blue. Edibility unknown, some in genus are poisonous. |
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