Satan's bolete

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Satan's bolete
As a mycological neophyte, I am on a rapid learning curve. At this point however, I am rather dependent on others to help me with identification. As I do not (as yet?) have any interest in eating the fungi I find, my urge to identify derives from my desire to understand these amazing life forms and from my desire to be accurate in labeling my pictures, particular those posed on the web. It seems that the difficulties with fungus identification stems from a number of factors: 1) many mushrooms look superficially alike, 2) many mushrooms have different forms and colors depending on their environment and age. 3) fungi are largely beyond the normal purview of American life. People often fail to notice fungi that are in plain view, particularly if they deviate from the canonical mushroom or shelf fungus forms.
Those caveats having been stated, I have had the courage to dedicate this page to Boletus satanas - even though I am not entire certain that my identifications are correct. As soon as I have a positive ID, I will remove this caveat (and repost it on some other fungal page).
The boletes have a spongy surface under the cap or pileus.

Fungi

Clathrus ruber

Amanita muscaria

Suillus

Boletus satanas - Satan's bolete

Russula

Sulfur shelf

Stanford fungi

Jasper Ridge fungi

Año Nuevo fungi

Lichens

Misc

The Stanford Dish

Jasper Ridge

Año Nuevo

Animals

Birdz

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Modified: October 22, 2012
Created: January 16, 2010