Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]
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.
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KylieWaldon
wrote:
30 Sep 2024
TYVM Heino1! It was memorable for me even though its widespread. My friends ask me why I take a compact with me going bush. I say its for the fungi and they look at me oddly!
Lentinus arcularius
Heino1
wrote:
30 Sep 2024
This is a widespread species and, as you say, looks pretty ordinary from the top. The one you've photographed have dried out a little bit. When fresh those honeycomb cells are elongated in a radial direction. You still get a hint of that in your photos and you can see fresh examples here: https://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/images-captions/polyporus-arcularius-0044.html and here: https://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/images-captions/polyporus-artcularius-0127.html (the caption in each case being an older name for this species).
Lentinus arcularius
KylieWaldon
wrote:
28 May 2022
after surfing the internet - maybe its granulatus - i don't think there was that ring on the stem. they were quite big - at least 10cm across and a bit rough looking (not uniform).
Suillus luteus
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
28 May 2022
Thanks that makes me less confident about my suggested ID - will have to leave it to some-one else
Suillus luteus
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