Fungi ID Assistance

[Kernott1]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but here goes...

 

Can anyone ID this fungi for me? It's under a Beech tree. There is another Beech tree adjacent that has a massive Meriplus giganteus underneath it...but this looks slightly different...

 

Any help greatly appreciated - apologies if pic not good enough.

[David Humphries]

Did it have gills or pores?

 

 

 

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[Kernott1]

Schoolboy error - never looked, it is fairly well decayed though - don't remember any gills as such...

[David Humphries]

By the look of the flesh it could be a Bolete sp, but tbh It would just be a guess without further info.

 

I'm sure there will be other thoughts along soon

 

 

 

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[Kernott1]

OK - thanks - I'm passing by it tomorrow early doors so will get some more pics then...and check for gills or pores.

[Kernott1]

Went and had a look - it was well rotted now and smelt real bad - I did notice it had a stem though, this discounts it being Meriplus sp. I guess...?

[Fungus]

By the look of the flesh it could be a Bolete sp.

 

, possibly Boletus (= Xerocomus) badius, an ectomycorrhizal fungus associated with old deciduous and coniferous trees, that have (partially) lost their tree species specific symbionts.