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Just over a foot across
Bongani lodge in mthethomusha reserve
Spotted on Dec 19, 2013
Submitted on Jan 17, 2014
8 Comments
No Jemma, not a King bolete. Very different cap shape, color etc. I have those here. Yes, Mark, a brute, but none of the boletus group has a lot of meat for it's size - the sponge-like gill area takes up most of the mushroom's bulk. We saw bigger ones in Kruger and I think Zimbabwe(I'll get to those photos in a month or two)
http://www.farmersweekly.co.za/article.a...
King Bolete?
What a brute. Might feed a family for a week. Not much sign of insect activity either.
It was very low to the ground, over a foot across and we saw one in nearby kruger too. That one will come up soon
Can't really figure it out just by seeing the cap.
But which one?
Yeah! Suillus.
Likely a Suillus species.