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.
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.
Sal@mander.xyz 5 days ago
Cool! That is quite pointy.
Is the spotty pattern on the Suillus normal? Or is it showing signs of being parasitized?
magpie@mander.xyz 4 days ago
I think it is just the texture of the cap, I’m not sure but I think the symbiosis is at the mycelium level.