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Hans-Joachim ... Phpotography


Free Account, Western Australia

Rhubarb Bolete

Boletellus obscurecoccineus – Rhubarb Bolete
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The distribution includes Korea, New Guinea, Java, Borneo, Japan, and Taiwan. Within Australia, the rhubarb bolete has been recorded from southwestern Western Australia, and the southeast of New South Wales, and into Victoria and Tasmania.
Despite its English name, whether this mushroom is “safe to eat” is unknown; however, the boletes are not a deadly poisonous mushroom variety, although many individuals get gastrointestinal distress from certain species, particularly species with red pigmentation.
found in Australia, off the forest floor.
In litter of eucalyptus forests and woodlands. This species is distinguished by the brilliant red cap, bright yellow pores and scales scattered on the stem. The stem is yellow at the top grading to deep red at the  base. Bright yellow flesh is exposed when the cap darkens, dries and splits.

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