#xerocomus

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Howdy! I went on a walk in wales recently (read: almost a month ago, I'm just forgetful) and took some photos that I thought you might like!

(all mushrooms picked were from a cluster of flowering bodies)

Oh thank you for sharing, they're absolutely lovely! ☺️❤️

[mushrooms-switzerland]

Ziegenlippe, Xerocomus subtomentosus 07.09.22

[mushrooms-switzerland]

Eichenfilzröhrling, Hortiboletus engelii 18.09.22

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[lindagoesmushrooming]

I found these lovely old photos (1980) taken by Soviet photographer Вадим Гиппенрейтер (Vadim Gippenreiter).

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[regenag]

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Cut mushrooms turning blue from oxidation is NOT reliable edibility indicator! @not_circuitry #mushroom

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Reposted (/#regrann) from @fascinatedbyfungi Just popping up on your feed to provide a little boost of serotonin midweek. Check out the blueing reaction on this #Xerocomus bolete. The “blueing” or bolete pores and flesh is not due to the presence of psilocybin but instead is due to the enzymatic oxidation of organic acids released from the cellular vacuoles when the flesh is injured. Blue staining in boletes is not a robust way to determine edibility, don’t rely only on that characteristic to guide you. . . . . . . #boletes #colorchange #mushrooms #setas #hongos #champignons #congumellos #svamp #grzyby #mantar #oxidation #enzymatic #biochemistry #sciencecommunication #bigwild https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfWkpPgxxD/?igshid=d7j7mhsofqsk

[wild-e-eep]

There is a class of small to medium sized bolettes with brownish caps and lemon yellow pores. They used to be lumped together into a genus called Xerocomus - their dry, felty, prone-to-cracking cap texture being a distinctive feature. But the classification is in a state of flux with species sometimes either all ascribed to Boletus, or split between Xerocomellus, Boletus and Hortiboletus and individual species are being split apart or joined together in a bewildering, interminable process.

I find them pretty difficult to pin down; many specimens have features more-or-less intermediate between the various species described in guide books.

These specimens are from Albert Park in downtown Auckland, but they will have come to New Zealand from the northern hemisphere along with the trees they are growing under. 

Whatever species they may be, I love those lines and textures. ^_^