Scarlet Bolete - Scarletina bolete

21 Aug 2020. Checked today in ALA and I am pretty sure that this is Scarletina bolete.

Could that be Bolete zelleri? I read that it is a North American species and is not listed to occur in Australia. All info i found including images makes me believe that it is Bolete Zelleri .
I will check it daily to see how it changes and will after 2 or 3 days check for changes in coloration when bruised also will check the pores.
At this stage the cap is approximately 40mm and the stipe 50 mm tall with a diameter of around 15 t0 20 mm

comments (6)

Yael Orgad

Lion

beautiful! Posted 6 years ago
1. Ernst
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you Yael. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Yael Orgad
    
    Lion
    
    BTW, I sent this picture to a friend of mine, she has a Phd in the Bolete family, working currently in Europe. she says it's not Xerocomellus zelleri (Boletus zelleri), but she doesn't know what it is. she said she would have loved to check the DNA... :-)
    Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ernst
      
      Lion
      
      Thank you very much with trying to help me with working out the ID.
      Yes your frind is correct , it is not Xerocomellus Zellerinnen. I found info and it stated that X.zelleri has a yellow pore surface but my specimen has a brilliant red pore surface.Insects started to eat it so I decided to remove it and try to get a Pore print. That didn’t work and it mostlikely was that the fungi was to young.
      
      Posted 6 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

Wow, it really looks like Xerocomellus zelleri (Boletus zelleri). Supposedly it only occurs in western NA, so maybe there is a look alike species in Aus? I read that there was a spotting of this species on Tibet, but that the ID was not confirmed. So, it's possible? Posted 6 years ago
1. Ernst
  
  Lion
  
  Christine sorry for late reply but we are in an area of very poor wifi connection. I decided to go to a library and use free wifi.
  I found some info on Xerocomellus zelleri and it mentioned that the pore surface is yellow and not red as the one I found.
  The flesh does turn blue when damaged but not rapidly . I tried to get a spore print , but didn’t work. Maybe to young but I decided to pick it as animals started to eat it. Posted 6 years ago

The Dotted stem bolete

''Neoboletus luridiformis'', known until 2014 as ''Boletus luridiformis'', is a fungus of the bolete family, all of which produce mushrooms with tubes and pores beneath their caps. It is found in Northern Europe and North America, and is commonly known as the dotted stem bolete.

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Similar species: Boletales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ernst

Uploaded Apr 12, 2019. Captured Apr 12, 2019 10:11 in Kintaburra, 618 Illaroo Rd, Bangalee NSW 2541, Australia.

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