Sighting 4209321
Phlebopus marginatus
1 Giant Bolete at Merimbula, NSW
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| Phlebopus marginatus | Pam | 19 May 2019 | |
| Unverified | JenniKaye | 18 May 2019 |
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19 May 2019
Wow Jenny, lucky you!! You've been able to capture an early developmental stage in this Phlebopus not often seen and very rarely understood. Namely the immature pores, which look pale coloured, instead of the typical yellow which you can see coming on image 2, right side of the left hand specimen. This is because of a covering similar to a partial veil. It was described by Destinger et al (2010) as '..a layer of tangled white hyphae that covers the immature tubes (equivalent to a partial veil) a feature that effectively 'plugs' their pores and has often been referred to, misleadingly as 'stuffed pores'.' Josef Sutara (2014) in an indepth study of this characteristic found that it is a layer of cheilocystidia (special sterile cells on the fertile section of the fungus) covering the pores supported by the growth of hyphae in the flesh (trama) under these cystidia. If you have a handlense have a look at these covered pores. Sutara said the cheilocystidia covering looks like 'hoarfrost'. I have yet to see this first hand.............sigh!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.892517-36.893394
- Altitude 12.7m
- Places Merimbula, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 17 May 2019 12:46 PM Recorded on
- JenniKaye Recorded by
Collections
- JenniKaye South Coast NatureMapr Phlebopus marginatus Boletes - Fleshy texture, stems central (more-or-less) Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores] Fungi
Species information
- Phlebopus marginatus Scientific name
- Giant Bolete Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1290.4m Recorded at altitude
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