Submitted 3 weeks ago by magpie@mander.xyz to mycology@mander.xyz
https://i.imgur.com/8dmDbiv.jpeg
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.
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.
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.
Sal@mander.xyz 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.