King Bolete

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King Bolete

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1/200 sec. @ f/4.5 ISO 100
430EX Canon Speedlite (-1/3) w/diffuser
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Canon Macro USM

The afternoon rains that occur from the heating of the day, have prompted a bumper crop of these King Bolete mushrooms in my yard. King Bolete are edible according to my Smithsonian field guide and are supposed to have a pleasant smell and a nutty taste. :D I will take their word for it, because sever liver damage is not really what I favor after a meal. :(

In the second image, a parasite of the bolete is Sepedonium chryospermum (inset upper left also), a filamentous white mold which will later become powdery and golden yellow due to the asexual spores.
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Well Ken, I thought maybe you found the cure for "HAIR LOSS" with the second picture. :lol: (I could have used that). I guess the mushroom is having a bad hair day. Excellent photos Ken, and thank you for the great info on the mushrooms.
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Well Doug I have heard reports on stuff that would grow hair on a rock but a poor feller like me can't afford those remedies. Yep that second image is pretty much what my hair may look like if the years continue, thin and gray. Thanks Doug. :D
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Thanks for showing this Ken, most interesting. And you caught those fine split hairs beautifully, great highlighting them in the inset.

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Thanks Paul. :D At first I did not know what kind of mushrooms they were. They are pretty when they pop up and I hardly give them a thought but this time, for some reason, they captured my interest, probably because they were so large. Having a Smithsonian field guide to mushrooms, I researched them a bit and ran across the bit about the mold that sometimes invades the King Bolete. There were only two, at present, that were affected by the parasitic mold. :D
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What Paul said ... =D>

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Sven said:
What Paul said ... =D>
:lol: Thanks Sven! :D
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