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Hypomyces chrysospermus
Just when you think you've seen a large bolete species you notice that it seems to have a complete coat of white paint. Inside the bolete has been reduced to a black mush with some yellow goo mixed in for good measure.
Open dry eucalyptus dominated plantation on highway median strip.
This white fungus specialises in attacking boletes. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:c...
Spotted on May 21, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013
3 Comments
Well, we've seen they attack live insects sometimes, and now their own kind. This is getting close to cannibalism!
..well this one put me off all lunch for about a week :)
There's no such thing as a free lunch.