boletus??? I.D required please

[wildherbalian85]

What might these be folk???

Boletus??

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3. Not a boletus im sure of that but what is it? It was found growing next to a fly agaric in the grass under a cherry tree....



4. Im inclined to suspect this as a Blusher - Amanita Rubescens (alba??)my only doubt though is the mushroom cap was white with just a pinkish tint??

[KeenTeen17]

number 3 is an old and faded amethyst deceiver - laccaria amethystea.

number 4 is indeed the blusher.

cam't help with the boletuses though - not that good!

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

number 3 is an old and faded amethyst deceiver - laccaria amethystea.

number 4 is indeed the blusher.

cam't help with the boletuses though - not that good!

Thank you

Number three isnt an old amethyst deceiver they were more of these growing in clusters, young and old, all the same colour.. but thanks for your imput none the less. Do you think the blusher is of the alba veriety?? I say because it was very pale looking.

[NickCantle]

They look like old Laccaria amethystina to me too, but not in their usual colour form- Yours are dried out due to the hygrophanous nature of the species. The gills are an Amethyst colour and they're spaced widely.

In reality, there's not enough information in the image, or in the post to say exactly what it is, but I agree with KT.

The A. rubescens is just a rather pallid specimen.

Nick

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

They look like old Laccaria amethystina to me too, but not in their usual colour form- Yours are dried out due to the hygrophanous nature of the species. The gills are an Amethyst colour and they're spaced widely.

In reality, there's not enough information in the image, or in the post to say exactly what it is, but I agree with KT.

The A. rubescens is just a rather pallid specimen.

Nick

Deciever or not aside, do you know (if &) what those boletus are??

The first was found by a large oak tree the second was next to a silver birch. I noticed on the first one that it was bruisng a black colour - or at least i think it was bruising.

[KeenTeen17]

because of the colours of the pores of number 2 I am guessing boletus luridus. I am probably wrong though. It just looks similar to one I found a while back,

[NickCantle]

Upon sight I'd say B. luridus, but it's just not possible to say with a lack of field and general experience in Boleti. This is where we need Flaxton, because that chap knows his stuff- particularly in the Bolete area.

[wildherbalian85]

Thanks guys..

[flaxton]

What have we got? A Bolete (Xerocomus) with the cap margin projecting beyond yellow tubes which have turned sightly blue. Pores large and angular especially near stipe. Tubes notched to decurrent. Stipe yellow to yellow/brown with red-brownish punctate and somewhat swollen towards the base. So far so good it all points to Xerocomus subtomentosus But before anyone jumps in and says "no it isn't" from the photo the cap is slightly more red than I would have expected and it doesn't show the tomentose surface well Both of these may be down to the photo or just a slightly unusual specimen.
Even with these discrepancies I would still say it is probably subtomentosus.
The second one again getting my excuses in first the photo does not show the detail of the stipe but my best guess would be luridiformis

Mal

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by flaxton

What have we got? A Bolete (Xerocomus) with the cap margin projecting beyond yellow tubes which have turned sightly blue. Pores large and angular especially near stipe. Tubes notched to decurrent. Stipe yellow to yellow/brown with red-brownish punctate and somewhat swollen towards the base. So far so good it all points to Xerocomus subtomentosus But before anyone jumps in and says "no it isn't" from the photo the cap is slightly more red than I would have expected and it doesn't show the tomentose surface well Both of these may be down to the photo or just a slightly unusual specimen.
Even with these discrepancies I would still say it is probably subtomentosus.
The second one again getting my excuses in first the photo does not show the detail of the stipe but my best guess would be luridiformis

Mal

Thanks flax.

by the way the cap was that red, i also kept hold of the mushroom though now it is looking a little ruff.... was kept in a bag for hours and is now sat between two sheets of printer paper in multiple pieces - was trying to get a spore print