Also got a neat photo of Chroogomphus and Suillus mushrooms growing together, I guess pine spikes are supposed to parasitize members of the Suillus genus.

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  • the_artic_one@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nice find, the host/parasite pairings for boletes are usually species-specific so if you can ID either mushroom to species, you’ll know what the other one is as well.

    • Magpie@mander.xyzOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks, I did take a have a look under the scope so will take another look at the photos. I was thinking something like C. ochraceus.

      • the_artic_one@programming.devEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I think you’re right, that Suillus looks like S. tomentosus which grows with two-needle pine and I see a bunch of two-needle bundles in your photo. C. ochraceus is a complex but one of them is supposed to parasitize S. tomentosus so you’ve probably got whichever that one is.