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Xanthoconium purpureum The caps of this species are usually more reddish, but can be primarily tan/pink, as this one is.  The pores were cream-colored, very spongy, and the tubes were deep.  The stipe was pale at apex, but colored like the cap below with white basal mycelium. Neither the pores or flesh bruised.<br />
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Habitat: It was growing on the ground in a swampy, mixed forest. Geotagged,Summer,United States,Xanthoconium,Xanthoconium purpureum,fungus,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

Xanthoconium purpureum

The caps of this species are usually more reddish, but can be primarily tan/pink, as this one is. The pores were cream-colored, very spongy, and the tubes were deep. The stipe was pale at apex, but colored like the cap below with white basal mycelium. Neither the pores or flesh bruised.

Habitat: It was growing on the ground in a swampy, mixed forest.

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"Xanthoconium purpureum" is a species of bolete fungus in the genus "Xanthoconium". It was described as new to science in 1962 by Wally Snell and Esther Dick in 1962. It is found in eastern North America, where it fruits under oak, sometimes in oak-pine forests.

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

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Uploaded Aug 24, 2018. Captured Jul 11, 2018 11:06 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/99s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm