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Old Man of the Woods Super cool mushroom with a shaggy white and gray cap. Stipe was covered in wooly scales. The pores bruised when marked. If mushrooms could be old men, this probably really is what they would look like. Geotagged,Old Man of the Woods,Old man of the woods,Strobilomyces,Strobilomyces strobilaceus,Summer,United States,fungus,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Old Man of the Woods

Super cool mushroom with a shaggy white and gray cap. Stipe was covered in wooly scales. The pores bruised when marked. If mushrooms could be old men, this probably really is what they would look like.

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The Old man of the woods

''Strobilomyces strobilaceus'', also called ''Strobilomyces floccopus'' and commonly known as old man of the woods, is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. It is native to Europe and North America. Fruit bodies are characterized by very soft dark grey to black pyramidal and overlapping scales on the cap surface.

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

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Uploaded Mar 6, 2018. Captured Jul 10, 2017 11:02 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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