Fungi
Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]

Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]

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The fungi in this group produce fruitbodies with pores on the underside of the cap. Mostly the pores are roughly circular but in some species they are elongated. In some species the pores measure a millimetre or more in diameter but in others they are almost invisible to the naked eye and you may need a magnifying glass or hand lens to confirm their presence.

 

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Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]

Boletes - Fleshy texture, stems central (more-or-less)
Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral

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Heinol wrote:
13 hrs ago
A very fresh specimen with the lower surface still white, which let you see the red-then-black staining in this species. With age the underside becomes dowdier and you may not get a red stain.
Sanguinoderma rude
KenT wrote:
8 Mar 2025
For the Suillus suggestion to be a likely possibility there would probably need to be a Pinus tree nearby, I can't see any evidence of pine needles in the images. Suillus has a high host fidelity to trees in the Pinaceae none of these hosts are native to Australia. Suillus has also been reported from Quercus but there are no signs of oak leaves in the image. I can't make out the species of the trees in the maps image, though that might just be my eyes as computer screens have become hard to read.
Suillus sp.
mahargiani wrote:
8 Mar 2025
No. There were a few silver birch street trees on the opposite side of the road, but they were removed 2 years ago. The fungus was beside a cultivated geranium, and just more than a meter away from a gum tree (E. viminalis).
Boletus sp.
Csteele4 wrote:
8 Mar 2025
Phlebopus doesn't stain blue. This appears to be one of many previously undescribed species of native bolete.
Suillus sp.
Csteele4 wrote:
8 Mar 2025
Were there any birch trees nearby?
Boletus sp.

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