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Five yellowish boletes of varying age growing on an old sandy track. Staining strongly blue when damaged. To a lesser extent they also appear to stain a bright orange red where damaged - note the edging on second photo where insect damage is.

Image 1: 3 × basidiomata
Image 2: 3 × basidiomata; dorsum
Image 3: basidiome; ventrum
Image 4: pileus
Image 5: hymenium
Image 6: stipe
Image 7: internal basidiome, with partial blue staining
Image 8: internal hymenium
Image 9: internal stipe
Image 10: hyphae; bright-field microscopy
Image 11: basidiospores, each ~11 µm long; bright-field microscopy
Image 12: habitat, with various cultivated Eucalypteae spp.

Likely arising from the same mycelium as: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196156821

Collected