Thomas D. Bruns

Spongiforma squarepantsii is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae, genus Spongiforma. Found in Malaysia, it was described as new to science in 2011. It produces sponge-like, rubbery orange fruit bodies that have a fruity or musky odour. The fruit bodies reach dimensions of 10 cm (3.9 in) wide by 7 cm (2.8 in) tall. Like a sponge, they will resume their original shape if water is squeezed out. The spores, produced on the surfaces of the hollows of the sponge, are almond-shaped with rough surfaces, and measure 10‑12.5 μm by 6‑7 μm. The name of the fungus is derived from the television

Suillus quiescens is a pored mushroom in the genus Suillus (family Suillaceae) that forms ectomycorrhizae with pines. It was first collected in 2002 on Santa Cruz Island off the coast of California in association with bishop pine (Pinus muricata), and was formally described in 2010. The species has been recorded from coastal and montane sites in California and Oregon, and has also been introduced to New Zealand in association with non-native Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). It may be under-reported because it can persist in soil as a dormant spore bank, and because it can be mistaken for the

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Suillus serotinus is a species of bolete fungus found in eastern North America. Originally described as a species of Boletus by American botanist Charles Christopher Frost in 1874, it was transferred to Suillus in 1996. The bolete has a dark red brown and sticky cap up to 12 cm (4.7 in) in diameter. The pore surface is initially white before turning reddish brown in age; the angular pores number from 1 to 3 per millimeter. Mushroom flesh slowly stains bluish after injury, later becoming purplish gray then finally reddish brown. The fungus grows in a mycorrhizal association with larch and

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