Identify please

[alanron]

help what are these found in cabbage patch?

[ManwithNoname]

You have found a small bolete in the "Xerocomus" group. There are lots of superficially similar species which are difficult to separate by eye.

The white covering on the decapitated specimen is the Bolete Mould, Hypomyces chrysospermus.

If you search earlier threads or images for "Xerocomus" and "Bolete Mould" you should find relevant information on this forum.

[flaxton]

Alan

You have two for identification. The white coating is the early stages of Hypomyces chrysospermus and is at this stage called Sepedonium chrysospermum. It has infected the Bolete and will rot it down very quickly. The Bolete itself could be one of a few. Xerocomus porosporus is very susceptible to infection in this way and it has a cracking cap and red striations on the stipe so that is the one I would think most likely. At least until others persuade me to change my mind

Mal

[ManwithNoname]

Originally Posted by flaxton

Xerocomus porosporus is very susceptible to infection in this way and it has a cracking cap and red striations on the stipe so that is the one I would think most likely.

That was my gut feeling too. The rooting stipe is often characteristic of this species, but the spores with a flattened end by the germ pore are the clincher. The stem colour also tends to be more brownish than, for example, species in the complex around Boletus chrysenteron.

[alanron]

Thank you both for your help, this might be the start of my interest in fungi.
Alan

[flaxton]

Alan

For future reference the identification of this group of fungi is often dependant on the colour changes (or not) of the internal flesh when cut in half. So if it sends out more fruitbodies cut one in half and watch for any change.

Mal