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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Pam wrote:
Yesterday
I agree
Bolete sp.
Heinol wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Possibly a species of Chalciporus
Bolete sp.
Heinol wrote:
20 Jun 2025
With a hypomyces (or something akin) growing over it.
bolete
Heinol wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Perhaps a species of Tylopilus
Bolete sp.
Heinol wrote:
20 Jun 2025
Perhaps a species of Fistulinella
Bolete sp.

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