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Boletellus ananas
I think these are really cool fungi. A reasonably aged specimen, its cap has started to flatten out, margin splitting, and pores darkening. This specimen was probably 7-8 cms in diameter. When exposed to direct sunlight, its colour took on a golden hue, whereas in the shade it seemed much paler with a pink hue. Cap covered with squamules (small scales) that can be either pressed against the cap or curved back on itself.
Spotted on a trail in native bushland, in Brisbane Forest Park. Area generally dry but leaf litter in more shaded areas still reasonably moist. Mushroom growing in soil and leaf litter at the base of a northern grey ironbark eucalypt.
I've seen this species only once before. It was a much younger specimen, found not too far from this current location - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/241... Note the difference in the cap texture.
Spotted on Mar 8, 2015
Submitted on Mar 12, 2015
3 Comments
Yeah I hear you, it can be a challenge :) On the other hand it does give one the opportunity to learn more about the different species of mushies.
Thanks, Jae. One of the few mushies I now know by sight. Trying to ID some of them can give me a headache.
What a lovely mushroom. Great spotting, Neil.