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Pale Bolete - Imleria pallida I interrupted a springtail party to get this photo.<br />
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Habitat: Rotting wood; mixed forest<br />
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Pale Bolete - Imleria pallida

I interrupted a springtail party to get this photo.

Habitat: Rotting wood; mixed forest

Pale Bolete - Imleria pallida Habitat: Rotting wood; mixed forest<br />
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    comments (4)

  1. And you captured them quite clearly, nice! Any thoughts on the species? Posted 4 years ago
    1. I was thinking they might be Ptenothrix unicolor. Posted 4 years ago
      1. Makes sense given your earlier photo:

        Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix unicolor Habitat: Lactarius sp. mushroom gills, along with many other critters! Geotagged,Ptenothrix unicolor,Summer,United States,globular springtail,springtail
        Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
        1. Yep! They seem to really like mushrooms. Posted 4 years ago

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Imleria pallida is a species of bolete fungus. it was described by Charles Christopher Frost in 1874. The bolete was reported from a Mexican beech forest in Hidalgo, Mexico in 2010.

Similar species: Boletales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Apr 13, 2021. Captured Sep 11, 2020 09:46 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/64s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm