Interesting looking fungus - can anyone identify it?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨OmegaMouse@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨mycology@mander.xyz⁩

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I saw this on the side of the road next to a tree. It was pretty big and quite an unusual shape! There was a smaller one just behind it. I’ve never seen a fungus like this so thought I’d snap a pic.

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BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Looks like an old and worm eaten bolete. You mentioned it was purple? Try squishing it a little and see if it changes color when you do that, it would be a useful in IDing it

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AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Worm eaten Suillus Variegatus?

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- OmegaMouse@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You could be right! I should add that this was found in the UK, Midlands. Looks like it has a purple-y interior where it has been split/eaten in the middle
  
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0v0@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Possibly X. subtomentosus, based on the cracks on the cap. What kind of tree was it found next to?

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- OmegaMouse@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  So I think it’s a crab apple tree :)
  
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  - 0v0@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The ecology supports it then. S. variegatus would have been found near pine.
    
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- OmegaMouse@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ll have a look at the tree later and get back to you!
  
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conditional_soup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
At a glance, it looks like a bolete, but that’s a little bit of a more advanced identification than I feel comfortable with.

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