Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]

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The fungi in this group produce fruitbodies with pores on the underside of the cap. Mostly the pores are roughly circular but in some species they are elongated. In some species the pores measure a millimetre or more in diameter but in others they are almost invisible to the naked eye and you may need a magnifying glass or hand lens to confirm their presence.

Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]

Boletes - Fleshy texture, stems central (more-or-less)

Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral

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Discussion

Heinol wrote:

3 Mar 2025

Below ground there'd be a slerotium or pseudosclerotium, depending on which species this is.

Laccocephalum

Aussiegall wrote:

25 Feb 2025

@Teresa no worries, thank you for the ID

Boletellus sp.

Teresa wrote:

25 Feb 2025

Whithout seeing this one dissected or micros of the spores, its almost impossible to get to the species level; hope this comment is not too disappointing

Boletellus sp.

LisaH wrote:

16 Feb 2025

Ok, thank you

zz bolete

JTran wrote:

16 Feb 2025

Certainly a bolete of some kind, but between the degraded state and the large chunks missing I doubt there are enough identifying features here for anyone to make and ID

zz bolete