For this weeks Fungi Friday by 
I read that the Red Cracking Boletes are edible and are supposed to be quite tasty with a nutty, earthy flavor, but before you grab your basket and start hunting, remember that accurate identification is crucial when it comes to wild mushrooms. Some members of the Xerocomellus family have lookalikes that might not be as friendly on your stomach. Like i said i shot some of these and some of those, i'm not sure which ones are the poisonous fellas so don't use this as a reference!
Anyway, i was lucky to get so many pretty nice shots of these mushrooms that your eyes can digest without taking any harm and i split them in two parts so that you have something to be curious about for next week and your eyes don't get bellyache from too many mushrooms.
FUNGI FACTS:
Mushrooms are not just nice to look at, but have many practical uses, from food production to medicine.
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Now let's dive into nature's little fungi wonders of the Xerocomellus family and the very first must be the aforementioned Red Cracking Boletes, because of it's red stem.
It looks like someone already took a bite on this one.
Here we have a completely intact specimen with a clear to see red stem.
When viewed from the side this one looks like some kind of helmet design study.
A few steps further i discovered those guys who were hiding between some old and rotting logs.
Just a little bite!
If there's something in the way, Fungi doesn't care,
it just grows around it or sometimes even through it.
Next up are some sunny ☀️ shots from a different day with a different lighting situation and some more intriguing structures on their caps. I couldn't find red patches on their stems so i think these fellas are some other Boletes from their family.
Nice contrasty fractal textures on these caps, great little works of art.
And now ... drumroll ...
... to finish off the first part of this article
about the Xerocomellus family of mushrooms ...
... tadaaa ...
Ok, you did it, you reached the end of the article, enough Boletes for today. I hope you like this photo series and leave a vote or maybe even reblog this post. Looking forward to see you come back for the second part with more fungi shots of the Xerocomellus family, bye.
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