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Ceps & Bolete-eater
Host; Boletus edulis Parasite: Hypomyces chrysospermus
-37.8575, 145.323
Field Notes
Description:
A clump of "deformed' bolete mushrooms with white cottony covering of a parasitic fungus. <br>
The boletes were varied in size with the widest being about 40 mm across. Caps were brown and firm to touch. The fertile undersurface showed fine pores. The stipe had a faint pink blush and was thick, becoming wider towards the base. A section of the mushroom showed pale flesh which did not change colour when bruised. Spore print (pics 5 & 6) was cream or pale yellow.
Most of the fungal caps and stipe were covered with a soft white fungus
Habitat:
Spotted on the outer edge of a clump of native trees in a nature reserve. There were a few young pine trees, but they were a distance away.
Not native to Australia, Porcini mushrooms now grow in South Australia. They were once not seen in the Southern Hemisphere.
Notes:
I assume that these are Ceps or Porcini mushrooms given all the features that match. I will need confirmation of the ID. <br>
They are often attacked by the "bolete eater" an ascomycete parasitic fungus-information below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomyces_chrysospermus
Order: Boletales
family: Boletaceae
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