Dotted stem bolete

Neoboletus luridiformis

''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.
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 Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Neoboletus luridiformis

Appearance

''Neoboletus luridiformis'' is a large solid fungus with a bay-brown hemispherical to convex cap that can grow up to 20 cm wide, and is quite felty initially. It has small orange-red pores that become rusty with age, and bruise blue to black.

The tubes are yellowish-green, and become blue quickly on cutting. The fat, colourful, densely red-dotted yellow stem is 4–12 cm high, and has no network pattern. The flesh stains dark blue when bruised; broken, or cut. There is little smell. The spore dust is olive greenish-brown.
Dotted Stem Bolete - Neoboletus luridiformis Bolete with a brown, soft cap that bruised when handled. The pores were bright red/orange and bruised blue. The stipe was yellow, long, curved, and bruised when handled. The flesh bruised blue when cut open. Habitat: Growing on the ground in a deciduous forest. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68614/dotted_stem_bolete_-_neoboletus_luridiformis.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68613/dotted_stem_bolete_-_neoboletus_luridiformis.html Dotted Stem Bolete,Geotagged,Neoboletus luridiformis,Summer,United States,bolete,fungus,mushroom

Distribution

The fungus grows in deciduous or coniferous woodland, in summer and autumn, in Europe. It is often found in the same places as ''Boletus edulis''. It is also widely distributed in North America, and is especially common under spruce in its range from Northern California to Alaska. In Eastern North America it grows with both soft, and hardwood trees. It seems to prefer acid soils.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderBoletales
FamilyBoletaceae
GenusNeoboletus
SpeciesN. luridiformis
Photographed in
Australia
United States of America