Boletales Basidiomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna

Tom Volk explains why this fungus, sometimes known as the leathery-veiled bolete, is of particular interest, and also indicates how a boletus can be distinguished from a polypore.

• Porphyrellus porphyrosporus - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
• Astraeus pteridis - Photograph of this species.
• The Boletes of California - An on-line reprint of the book by Harry D Thiers fungi that gives coverage of these fungi.
• Dry Rot - Mycelia of Serpula lacrymans and damaged timber.
• Gyrodon exiguus - Photograph and information on this bolete.
• Calostoma cinnabarina - Photograph and information on this stalked puffball.
• Pisolithus tinctorius - Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, sometimes called the boletales Dyemaker’s Puffball because of its use in dyeing fabric.
• Paragyrodon sphaerosporus - Tom Volk explains why this fungus, sometimes known as the leathery-veiled bolete, is of particular interest, and also indicates how a boletus can be distinguished from a polypore.
• Xerocomus parasiticus - Photograph of this species growing as a parasite on a Common Earthball, Scleroderma citrina.
• Gyroporus cyanescens - Article by Tom Volk on this blue-staining but edible member of the boletus family.
• Suillus grevillei - Photograph of this shiny yellow species and an boletales identification guide.
• Calostoma lutescens - Photograph and information on this stalked puffball found in Eastern USA and south to Costa Rica.
• Leccinum scabrum - Photograph of this edible species and an identification basidiomycota guide.
• Chalciporus chontae - Photograph and information on this boletoid fungus.
• Boletellus ananas - Information and photographs including a scanning electron micrograph of spores.
• Dry Rot of Wood - Information on Serpula lacrymans which causes this destructive condition, including boletales a photograph of a fruitbody.
• Austroboletus subvirens - Information and photographs including a scanning electron micrograph basidiomycota of spores.
• Gyroporus castaneus - Information on this species, and photographs of the boletales fruiting bodies and spores.
• Leccinum crocipodium - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
• Chroogomphus jamaicensis - This species was photographed in the Dominican Republic.
• Paxillus involutus - Photograph of this poisonous species and an identification basidiomycota guide.
• Suillus bovinus - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
• Xerocomus subtomentosus - Photograph of the Yellow Cracked Boletus and an fungi identification guide.
• Leccinum monticola - Information and photographs of this species.
• Leccinum versipelle - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
• Xerocomus - Photographs of several members of this genus.
• Suillus granulatus - Photograph of this sticky species and an identification basidiomycota guide.
• Suillus americanus - Article with photographs by Tom Volk on this fungi boletus, commonly boletales known as the chicken-fat mushroom because fungi of its color.
• Scleroderma citrinum - Information and photographs of the Common Earthball.
• Chalciporus persicinus - This species was photographed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Austroboletus niveus and Austroboletus lacunosus - Photographs of these two species.
• Austroboletus gracilis - Photograph and information on this species.
• Suillus placidus - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
• Alpova diplophloeus - Two photographs and information on this basidiomycetous truffle.
• Astraeus hygrometricus - Article by Tom Volk on this earth star, boletales with an fungi animated clip showing how it expands boletales after rain, and the fungi story of a dog boletales that thought this fungus was edible.
• Xerocomus badius - Photograph of this edible species and an identification guide.
• Gyrodon monticola - Photograph and the identifying features of this species.
• Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
• Boletellus russellii - Information and photograph of this long-stalked species, with a scanning fungi electron micrograph of the spores.
• Bolete Index - Photographs of about 30 members of this family, fungi each with basidiomycota a brief description.
• Suillus - A list of those species in this genus basidiomycota that can basidiomycota be found in California with photographs basidiomycota of 8 of them.
• Xerocomus chrysenteron - Photograph of the Red Cracked Boletus and an identification guide.
• Heimioporus ivoryi - Information on this species, and photographs of the basidiomycota fruiting bodies and spores.
• Boletopsis leucomelaena - Photograph and information on this stipitate polypore.

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