[ID] Boletes near oak/blackthorn/sycamore

[Miss Caretaker]

Hi, this is my first foray into the fungi section (though I have browsed a lot!) so I hope I can provide all the info you need!
I found these two boletes whilst walking my butterfly transect today near Basingstoke. They were near mature broadleaf woodland. I have no spore prints I'm afraid.

1. This one was right on the edge of the woods directly beneath blackthorn and very close to an oak. I was thinking Boletus purpureus due to the pore colour and dark blue bruising but it is some time since I've looked at fungi.




2. This was some distance from the woods though there were some small oaks, elder and blackthorn about. I ws thinking Xerocomus sp?





Thanks.
Jo

[Miss Caretaker]

No takers on this one?

[flaxton]

Hi Jo
Boletus prupureus is an unaccepted name in the UK and it is now either B rhodopurpureus or B xanthocyaneus. Both of these are extremely rare and so I suspect most of the people here have never seen either species so cannot comment.
Your second is indeed a Xerocomus and looking at the drab cap it could well be X porosporus but a microscope is needed to be sure.

Mal

[Miss Caretaker]

Thanks, that's what comes of using an old book (Encyclopaedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe by Michael Jordan, 1995)! All the ones I could find in my book that had similar attributes were either rare or infrequent . Is there any other info I can find about it that would help with identification? Would a spore colour help, although I have no microscope?
At least I got the genus right with the second one! In the aforementioned book it has this down as rare again. Is this correct and if so are there any societies etc I could contact who may have access to a microscope to confirm it or be interested in knowing about it? The farm company who work the land are very keen on wildlife and "working with nature" so they would be interested if it was notable in some way.
Sorry to ramble on,
Jo

[flaxton]

Jo
Try the Hants Fungus Group. I am sure Stuart would be interested.
The second one has just under 700 records on the FRDBI database so not that rare but the first definitely.

Mal

[Miss Caretaker]

Thanks, I'll get on to themand see what they think.
Jo