Rubarb Bolete (Boletellus obscureococcineus)
… a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae, found in Australia, New Guinea, Java, Borneo, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. It is a distinctive and colourful bolete of the forest floor. The rhubarb bolete is an ectomycorrhizal species, found in the leaf litter of eucalyptus forests in Australia. Fruit bodies appear over the summer and autumn, from July to November.
Despite its English name, whether this mushroom is safe to eat is unknown; however, the boletes are not a deadly poisonous mushroom variety, although many individuals get gastrointestinal distress from certain species, particularly species with red pigmentation…
(read more: Wikipedia) (photo: JJ Harrison)
