It's been a while since I posted for #fungifriday mainly because its been a bad season for mushrooms this year. Now they are finally growing again.
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Here is a fancy ufo I found growing out of the side of a really dead log. 

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The red caps drew me towards them. I thought they might be some sort of bicolor bolete at first. But this guy isn't growing out of the earth like most boletes do.

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The pores suggest a bolete species but maybe these are just a different type of polypore mushroom. I'll have to do more research on what they are.

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Here's a brittle gill mushroom. This is Russula emetica also nicknamed the sickener because it causes upset stomach if eaten.

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This is what the gills look like. If you barely touch them they tend to break hence their common name of brittle gill.

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Look at this fancy little red bolete. I suspect it might be Boletus bicolor, though there are also many other Latin names for red boletes.

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This was growing right next to it and I suspect its just an older version of the tiny red bolete. 

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Bicolor boletes have the common name because they are two colors, red stem/cap and yellow pores.

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Look at these nice symmetrical yellow pores. If you barely brush up against them they will stain blue immediately.

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I pinched off a bit of the cap to see the staining. Many foraging guides recommend not to eat staining boletes but I've been doing more research into the staining boletes and many of them are edible, you just need to parboil them first then cook them thoroughly and do a tiny taste test at first to ensure they don't cause stomach aches. Most of the other boletes that are listed as inedible just taste bitter or sour so you wouldn't dare try eating one even though they aren't poisonous. 

That's all for now, more #fungifriday posts soon. Thanks for looking :-)