diana Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Found a couple boletes to take home and try to id. At first glance I thought it had purple mycelium. What? Then I noticed that the pore surface had a mat of purple worms. Was no longer interested in identifying the bolete but am curious about the worms. Didn't have my phone with me so I took it home in a dog poo bag (unused). Lost most of the worms in the bag but here is a picture of what remained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendan Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Not sure, but could they maybe be centipedes rather than worms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted June 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 I too thought they may be centipedes or millipedes. Picture shows them much closer than I actually inspected. Kinda got the creeps. They were a solid group on the pores originally with several dangling off the stipe (the reason first thought that came to me was mycelium) and squirming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 They are probably millipedes, but can't tell for sure. Centipedes have 1 pair of legs per body segment, and millipedes have 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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