 This one has fruited (at least) in Dec., Feb. and March, pushing up through very compacted driveway, with 8 fruiting bodies visible at surface 2/13/13. They smell bland when firm and fresh and stink badly when old and slimy. Connected to soil (and to tree roots) by several short rhizomorphs (root-like structures). |
Hypogeous (underground) Fungus Rhizopogon colossus In old dirt and gravel residential driveway, 25’ to 30’ from mature three-needle pine tree. La Colina Rd, Tustin, Orange County, CA. 2/13/13. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz. Family Rhizopogonaceae Back to Fungi of Orange County, California |
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