I probably shouldn’t keep putting fungi into the purdie flaars thread. So here is a fungi thread. I don’t think we’ve already got one.

I took the camera with me when I walked Mr buffy and Bruna this morning and then I went to the wetland reserve for a solitary Fungi Foray. Not much about. But here is what I found.

I think this is an Agrocybe

A Dacrymyces (jelly fungus) of some sort

A Psathyrella and Trametes versicolor (turkey tail)

………

buffy said:

I probably shouldn’t keep putting fungi into the purdie flaars thread. So here is a fungi thread. I don’t think we’ve already got one.

I took the camera with me when I walked Mr buffy and Bruna this morning and then I went to the wetland reserve for a solitary Fungi Foray. Not much about. But here is what I found.

I think this is an Agrocybe

A Dacrymyces (jelly fungus) of some sort

A Psathyrella and Trametes versicolor (turkey tail)

………

Noice. I do love our opisthokont cousins.

buffy said:

I probably shouldn’t keep putting fungi into the purdie flaars thread. So here is a fungi thread. I don’t think we’ve already got one.

I took the camera with me when I walked Mr buffy and Bruna this morning and then I went to the wetland reserve for a solitary Fungi Foray. Not much about. But here is what I found.

I think this is an Agrocybe

A Dacrymyces (jelly fungus) of some sort

A Psathyrella and Trametes versicolor (turkey tail)

………

Nice. In wet years I’ve photographed most of those here. This isn’t a wet year by a long shot.

added to the index

dv said:

added to the index

Thank you.

:)

And here are some of today’s finds. Some of them are new to me.

This will be a Cortinarius, but quite likely an as yet unnamed one. It really stunned me with its colour when I turned it over.

These are Gymnopilus (Rust Gills), which grow on rotting twigs and stuff.

These are Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tufts) which I had not seen in the flesh before but have been identifying from photos online for a while.

buffy said:

And here are some of today’s finds. Some of them are new to me.

This will be a Cortinarius, but quite likely an as yet unnamed one. It really stunned me with its colour when I turned it over.

These are Gymnopilus (Rust Gills), which grow on rotting twigs and stuff.

These are Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tufts) which I had not seen in the flesh before but have been identifying from photos online for a while.

It is a pretty purple.

Do we have any native truffles?

Peak Warming Man said:

Do we have any native truffles?

Sort of…

Link to the national herbarium information

buffy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Do we have any native truffles?

Sort of…

Link to the national herbarium information

Ta, there’s a bit to get my head around there.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Do we have any native truffles?

Sort of…

Link to the national herbarium information

Ta, there’s a bit to get my head around there.

Mostly food for marsupials rather than us.

:)

Peak Warming Man said:

Do we have any native truffles?

Yea

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

And here are some of today’s finds. Some of them are new to me.

This will be a Cortinarius, but quite likely an as yet unnamed one. It really stunned me with its colour when I turned it over.

These are Gymnopilus (Rust Gills), which grow on rotting twigs and stuff.

These are Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tufts) which I had not seen in the flesh before but have been identifying from photos online for a while.

It is a pretty purple.

It’s been tagged for a Cortinarius researcher to have a look at it. Might turn out to be interesting.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

And here are some of today’s finds. Some of them are new to me.

This will be a Cortinarius, but quite likely an as yet unnamed one. It really stunned me with its colour when I turned it over.

These are Gymnopilus (Rust Gills), which grow on rotting twigs and stuff.

These are Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tufts) which I had not seen in the flesh before but have been identifying from photos online for a while.

It is a pretty purple.

It’s been tagged for a Cortinarius researcher to have a look at it. Might turn out to be interesting.

Nice.

:)

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

It is a pretty purple.

It’s been tagged for a Cortinarius researcher to have a look at it. Might turn out to be interesting.

Nice.

:)

They just got back and confirmed it’s Cortinarius. Nothing further mentioned. It’s a huge genus and poorly understood. And there are some academic “discussions” about splitting it or not…

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

It’s been tagged for a Cortinarius researcher to have a look at it. Might turn out to be interesting.

Nice.

:)

They just got back and confirmed it’s Cortinarius. Nothing further mentioned. It’s a huge genus and poorly understood. And there are some academic “discussions” about splitting it or not…

Cool.

Well done!

:)

I found some fungi to photograph today. Most still need further ID. But this one was easy – Amanita muscaria.

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

I think this is a Deconica (growing on dung) and a Gymnopilus allantopus on some gum bark.

…..

I think Hebeloma (grows on decaying animal bodies…but there was no sign of a body there) and a Lepiota.

…..

Lichenomphalia chromacea and a Mycena

…….

And another Mycena

buffy said:

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

I think this is a Deconica (growing on dung) and a Gymnopilus allantopus on some gum bark.

…..

I think Hebeloma (grows on decaying animal bodies…but there was no sign of a body there) and a Lepiota.

…..

Lichenomphalia chromacea and a Mycena

…….

And another Mycena

Nice snaps.

I’ve seen the top one, purple emperors, in Tasmanian forests. Looking like this when young:

buffy said:

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

There are some Drosera in that photo, too; at first glance I’d say D. spatulata, but there are a number of very similar species, so I can’t be sure. That insect is very close to feeding the plants. Flowering season for Drosera is approaching, too, to you’ll soon have an opportunity for some more purdie flaar photos.

buffy said:

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

I think this is a Deconica (growing on dung) and a Gymnopilus allantopus on some gum bark.

…..

I think Hebeloma (grows on decaying animal bodies…but there was no sign of a body there) and a Lepiota.

…..

Lichenomphalia chromacea and a Mycena

…….

And another Mycena

A nice assortment of fungi, Buffy
Well spotted btm with the Drosera in the first photo

buffy said:

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

I think this is a Deconica (growing on dung) and a Gymnopilus allantopus on some gum bark.

…..

I think Hebeloma (grows on decaying animal bodies…but there was no sign of a body there) and a Lepiota.

…..

Lichenomphalia chromacea and a Mycena

…….

And another Mycena

:)

btm said:

buffy said:

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

There are some Drosera in that photo, too; at first glance I’d say D. spatulata, but there are a number of very similar species, so I can’t be sure. That insect is very close to feeding the plants. Flowering season for Drosera is approaching, too, to you’ll soon have an opportunity for some more purdie flaar photos.

They are Drosera aberrans (Scented sundew) – there are millions of them at the covenant. They are interesting because some are green and some are red leaved. I have caught them in flower in June, but generally it’s from August onwards. And they do indeed have a pleasant scent. These days I pick a flower to sniff it. You can get down on your knees to do it, but getting up again can be challenging.

Here are my Drosera observations for the covenant at Digby if you are interested

I see I’ve observed 7 species there.

buffy said:

btm said:

buffy said:

And some of the less spectacular Little Brown Fungi.

This is Cortinarius archeri (Emperor Cortinar). They start out a wonderful deep (slimy) purple but fade to brown quite quickly. So this one is past its prime. I didn’t realize I’d captured a bug in the photo until I put it up on the computer screen.

There are some Drosera in that photo, too; at first glance I’d say D. spatulata, but there are a number of very similar species, so I can’t be sure. That insect is very close to feeding the plants. Flowering season for Drosera is approaching, too, to you’ll soon have an opportunity for some more purdie flaar photos.

They are Drosera aberrans (Scented sundew) – there are millions of them at the covenant. They are interesting because some are green and some are red leaved. I have caught them in flower in June, but generally it’s from August onwards. And they do indeed have a pleasant scent. These days I pick a flower to sniff it. You can get down on your knees to do it, but getting up again can be challenging.

Here are my Drosera observations for the covenant at Digby if you are interested

I see I’ve observed 7 species there.

Nice collection from Digby….my faves are Drosera glanduligera, the pygmy sundew and the Drosera aberrans.
I think my next bush wander may have to be sundew focused.

ruby said:

buffy said:

btm said:

There are some Drosera in that photo, too; at first glance I’d say D. spatulata, but there are a number of very similar species, so I can’t be sure. That insect is very close to feeding the plants. Flowering season for Drosera is approaching, too, to you’ll soon have an opportunity for some more purdie flaar photos.

They are Drosera aberrans (Scented sundew) – there are millions of them at the covenant. They are interesting because some are green and some are red leaved. I have caught them in flower in June, but generally it’s from August onwards. And they do indeed have a pleasant scent. These days I pick a flower to sniff it. You can get down on your knees to do it, but getting up again can be challenging.

Here are my Drosera observations for the covenant at Digby if you are interested

I see I’ve observed 7 species there.

Nice collection from Digby….my faves are Drosera glanduligera, the pygmy sundew and the Drosera aberrans.
I think my next bush wander may have to be sundew focused.

I like D. planchonii. I just love the lacy bit in the middle of the flower. And they’ve got rather distinctive round (rather than lunate) aerial leaves with the stem going into the centre of it.

buffy said:

Looks similar to the Venus flytrap flower I managed to grow on my kitchen windowsill in Hunter’s Hill. Well, the plant managed to grow it, I was just a happy witness. I was a bit taken aback by its appearance, but then I was experiencing new motherhood and my brain was a tad mussed up.

This just came up on iNaturalist. I have agreed with the ID already on it of Leotia lubrica. This is a very beautiful photo. They are very small, that is moss they are growing amongst.

buffy said:

This just came up on iNaturalist. I have agreed with the ID already on it of Leotia lubrica. This is a very beautiful photo. They are very small, that is moss they are growing amongst.

What a wonderful world.

buffy said:

This just came up on iNaturalist. I have agreed with the ID already on it of Leotia lubrica. This is a very beautiful photo. They are very small, that is moss they are growing amongst.

It is impressive.

dv said:

buffy said:

This just came up on iNaturalist. I have agreed with the ID already on it of Leotia lubrica. This is a very beautiful photo. They are very small, that is moss they are growing amongst.

What a wonderful world.

It’s interesting in regards to the effects some of them have on the human brain

buffy said:

This just came up on iNaturalist. I have agreed with the ID already on it of Leotia lubrica. This is a very beautiful photo. They are very small, that is moss they are growing amongst.

That is very close-up. Beautiful photo.

We do, however finally have a few fungi. Photos from last Thursday when bushwandering friend and I went wandering.

Hydnum (Hedgehog fungus, one of the ones that has teeth rather than gills or pores)

And one of my favourites, Amanita xanthocephala. The mirror trick worked well with this one.

And the lovely little Lichenomphalia chromacea, which grows on lichenized soil.

buffy said:

We do, however finally have a few fungi. Photos from last Thursday when bushwandering friend and I went wandering.

Hydnum (Hedgehog fungus, one of the ones that has teeth rather than gills or pores)

And one of my favourites, Amanita xanthocephala. The mirror trick worked well with this one.

And the lovely little Lichenomphalia chromacea, which grows on lichenized soil.

Pretty, apart from the first one which is quietly nightmarish.

the zoo today was hiding this.. I have no idea what it is I don’t really have time to look at iNaturalist. but I liked the colour.. someone here might know what it is

Arts said:

the zoo today was hiding this.. I have no idea what it is I don’t really have time to look at iNaturalist. but I liked the colour.. someone here might know what it is

Cortinarius austroviolaceus

Arts said:

the zoo today was hiding this.. I have no idea what it is I don’t really have time to look at iNaturalist. but I liked the colour.. someone here might know what it is

Possibly a dried out Purple Emperor, as Chrispen says. They’re often more slimy-looking than that.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

the zoo today was hiding this.. I have no idea what it is I don’t really have time to look at iNaturalist. but I liked the colour.. someone here might know what it is

Possibly a dried out Purple Emperor, as Chrispen says. They’re often more slimy-looking than that.

it was late in the day.. probably lost it’s slimy

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

the zoo today was hiding this.. I have no idea what it is I don’t really have time to look at iNaturalist. but I liked the colour.. someone here might know what it is

Possibly a dried out Purple Emperor, as Chrispen says. They’re often more slimy-looking than that.

it was late in the day.. probably lost it’s slimy

It’s not a Cortinarius archeri (purple emperor) because that has a ring/annulus/frill halfway down the stem and isn’t really that colour. I’m not really convinced on C. austroviolaceous either because they look like this and have purple gills – this one in your photo has buff gills:

Link to iNat photos of C. austroviolaceious

Having said that, I don’t really have any suggestions.

And it’s gone dusty again, so not much in the way of fungi today.

Cortinarius persplendidus (I think)

Cheilymenia (grows on dung, quite small)

This Fungus Eats Plastic, Could It Save the Planet?

I also found some mushrooms, but they are probably common as…

Arts said:

I also found some mushrooms, but they are probably common as…

In my learned opinion, those are LBMs. Little Brown Mushrooms.

:)

These are brown as well Grow in Casuarina. Are also nibbled on by bearded dragons. —>

roughbarked said:

These are brown as well Grow in Casuarina. Are also nibbled on by bearded dragons. —>

I don’t know that one. Nearest I could guess might be Chalciporus, but that is supposed to be an import, I think. From other parts of the world.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

These are brown as well Grow in Casuarina. Are also nibbled on by bearded dragons. —>

I don’t know that one. Nearest I could guess might be Chalciporus, but that is supposed to be an import, I think. From other parts of the world.

Only Chalciporus in my old Fuhrer is C. piperatus which is an import usually associated with conifers. Of possible concern in Nothofagus. So presumably Tasmania.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

These are brown as well Grow in Casuarina. Are also nibbled on by bearded dragons. —>

I don’t know that one. Nearest I could guess might be Chalciporus, but that is supposed to be an import, I think. From other parts of the world.

Only Chalciporus in my old Fuhrer is C. piperatus which is an import usually associated with conifers. Of possible concern in Nothofagus. So presumably Tasmania.

Put it on iNaturalist and see if you get someone to ID it.

And I found a couple of mushrooms. It’s still very dry out there.

This one is Amanita xanthocephala

And this one is an Agaricus. Quite possibly edible…but I broke an older one up and dropped the bits in my garden here at home. I may have brought some mycelium, perhaps some spores.

…..

Here’s my interesting fungi pic, and an overexposed one where I tried to get a bit of the stem to show that it was shaggy as well.
It caught my eye because of the square shape and shag pile finish. No idea what it is.

ruby said:

Here’s my interesting fungi pic, and an overexposed one where I tried to get a bit of the stem to show that it was shaggy as well.
It caught my eye because of the square shape and shag pile finish. No idea what it is.

That’s just weird. I’ve got no idea either.

ruby said:

Here’s my interesting fungi pic, and an overexposed one where I tried to get a bit of the stem to show that it was shaggy as well.
It caught my eye because of the square shape and shag pile finish. No idea what it is.

That’s a new one on me too.

Here’s an interesting one.

I think I know the first one, maybe. It looks not dissimilar to one I see on many Eucalypts.

roughbarked said:

I think I know the first one, maybe. It looks not dissimilar to one I see on many Eucalypts.

I don’t know any of those.

roughbarked said:

I think I know the first one, maybe. It looks not dissimilar to one I see on many Eucalypts.

Interesting enough was that on walking out we met a man coming in. He told us that as a local, he visited the site once a month and that his major interest was the fungi. Wish we had time to walk back with him but we’d already booked a meet with another old friend down the road in Railton, which we just made in time. He’d already told us to go look at the site and that he was going to Railton anyway and would meet us there.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

I think I know the first one, maybe. It looks not dissimilar to one I see on many Eucalypts.

I don’t know any of those.

did you see these photos I posted earlier?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

I think I know the first one, maybe. It looks not dissimilar to one I see on many Eucalypts.

I don’t know any of those.

did you see these photos I posted earlier?

burnt marshmallow

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

I think I know the first one, maybe. It looks not dissimilar to one I see on many Eucalypts.

I don’t know any of those.

did you see these photos I posted earlier?

I have no idea at all about that.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

I don’t know any of those.

did you see these photos I posted earlier?

I have no idea at all about that.

Makes two of us.

Interesting article on fungi

Fungi Set Stage For Life On Land Hundreds Of Millions Of Years Earlier Than Thought

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, led by researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and collaborators, indicates the diversification of fungi hundreds of millions of years before the emergence of land plants.

More…

This humongous fungus is the biggest organism in the world

It’s the size of 3 Central Parks in New York, could be 8,650 years old – and glows in the dark. Forget the blue whale this beast is the world’s biggest organism

More…

Cyathus olla most likely.
Birds nest fungi in my doormat.

Finally, finding some fungi. In the Botanic Gardens this morning:

Gymnopilus junonius

Coprinellus micaceus

And in my own garden, an Agaricus that stained red when I cut it.

Those birds nest fungi in my doormat.

Here are the fungi from today’s walk in the park.

Bolbitius titubans and Coprinus comatus. The Coprinus is considered good eating. I don’t eat them.

…..

I think this is Panaeolinus. I’ll iNat it and see if anyone agrees or disagrees or if no-one wants to do a Little Brown Mushroom ID.

An Agaricus that came up in the front yard. Possibly an edible, not a yellow stainer.

……….

buffy said:

Here are the fungi from today’s walk in the park.

Bolbitius titubans and Coprinus comatus. The Coprinus is considered good eating. I don’t eat them.

…..

I think this is Panaeolinus. I’ll iNat it and see if anyone agrees or disagrees or if no-one wants to do a Little Brown Mushroom ID.

An Agaricus that came up in the front yard. Possibly an edible, not a yellow stainer.

……….

That last one, does the stem go pink when broken?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Here are the fungi from today’s walk in the park.

Bolbitius titubans and Coprinus comatus. The Coprinus is considered good eating. I don’t eat them.

…..

I think this is Panaeolinus. I’ll iNat it and see if anyone agrees or disagrees or if no-one wants to do a Little Brown Mushroom ID.

An Agaricus that came up in the front yard. Possibly an edible, not a yellow stainer.

……….

That last one, does the stem go pink when broken?

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Here are the fungi from today’s walk in the park.

Bolbitius titubans and Coprinus comatus. The Coprinus is considered good eating. I don’t eat them.

…..

I think this is Panaeolinus. I’ll iNat it and see if anyone agrees or disagrees or if no-one wants to do a Little Brown Mushroom ID.

An Agaricus that came up in the front yard. Possibly an edible, not a yellow stainer.

……….

That last one, does the stem go pink when broken?

clearly not.

“If you like mushrooms, Tasmania is the place to be in Autumn. These are from a recent hike along the Three Capes walk. The Three Capes hike is a fantastic walk if you like that sort of thing. Everybody else was admiring the stunning scenery, while I was looking down at my feet in the moss and ferns looking for shrooms. Sadly, all I took was my iPhone with a crappy macro lens attachment. Next time I will take a proper camera.”

More in the link – https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/1snkwhm/if_you_like_mushrooms_tasmania_is_the_place_to_be/

Spiny Norman said:

“If you like mushrooms, Tasmania is the place to be in Autumn. These are from a recent hike along the Three Capes walk. The Three Capes hike is a fantastic walk if you like that sort of thing. Everybody else was admiring the stunning scenery, while I was looking down at my feet in the moss and ferns looking for shrooms. Sadly, all I took was my iPhone with a crappy macro lens attachment. Next time I will take a proper camera.”

More in the link – https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/1snkwhm/if_you_like_mushrooms_tasmania_is_the_place_to_be/

Bluddy gorgeous but hey it actually rains in Tassie. That’s why they have more fungi.

Found some Agaricus in the Botanic Gardens this morning. They stain yellow, so are in the Section Xanthodermatei, but they are not A. xanthodermus. I doubt they will get a full identification because Agaricus in Australia are rather poorly studied. But anything that stains yellow is off the eating list.

This lot were under some sort of conifer. The oak leaves in the picture are from other trees nearby.

And this lot were under a pin oak.

buffy said:

Found some Agaricus in the Botanic Gardens this morning. They stain yellow, so are in the Section Xanthodermatei, but they are not A. xanthodermus. I doubt they will get a full identification because Agaricus in Australia are rather poorly studied. But anything that stains yellow is off the eating list.

This lot were under some sort of conifer. The oak leaves in the picture are from other trees nearby.

And this lot were under a pin oak.

Good.

:)

This came up where I am attempting to sow lawn seed. The lawns largely died this last summer.
I believe it to be Chlorophyllum brunneum but I’ll let it develop a bit before I try to do a spore print.

buffy said:

Found some Agaricus in the Botanic Gardens this morning. They stain yellow, so are in the Section Xanthodermatei, but they are not A. xanthodermus. I doubt they will get a full identification because Agaricus in Australia are rather poorly studied. But anything that stains yellow is off the eating list.

This lot were under some sort of conifer. The oak leaves in the picture are from other trees nearby.

And this lot were under a pin oak.

I see your continuing expertise with fungi is expanding. Agaricus – I have never seen one of those in the wild, that I was alert to. My knowledge of fungi is limited. When I was clearing a site of animals before a bulldozer came and did the job, I found logs with all types of fungi on them, so I carried them across the road which wasn’t going to be developed. I didn’t know what types they were, but I considered not all the botanical species in that area hasn’t been catalogued. So potentially I was saving something important. But I will never know.

roughbarked said:

This came up where I am attempting to sow lawn seed. The lawns largely died this last summer.
I believe it to be Chlorophyllum brunneum but I’ll let it develop a bit before I try to do a spore print.

It’s very pale compared to the ones I get here and doesn’t have the central patch and the flakes are a bit small.

Have a browse through the Research Grade observations of Chlorophyllum for NSW at iNaturalist. Maybe molybdites. That will be evident with a spore print as it’s the only one with green spores. That specimen is well old enough to do a spore print with.

iNat observations

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

This came up where I am attempting to sow lawn seed. The lawns largely died this last summer.
I believe it to be Chlorophyllum brunneum but I’ll let it develop a bit before I try to do a spore print.

It’s very pale compared to the ones I get here and doesn’t have the central patch and the flakes are a bit small.

Have a browse through the Research Grade observations of Chlorophyllum for NSW at iNaturalist. Maybe molybdites. That will be evident with a spore print as it’s the only one with green spores. That specimen is well old enough to do a spore print with.

iNat observations

ta.

These fungi are Lactarius deliciosus (Saffron milkcap) which is a mushroom that came to Australia from elsewhere when we brought pine trees in and is considered good eating. Growing under pine trees near the Digby phone towers. I’ve seen them there before. Most of them were not in very good nick, especially as the roadside slashing people had just been through. I don’t eat wild mushrooms, but these ones are OK to eat if you are so inclined. It’s interesting that it bruises green, and “bleeds” bright orange latex.

…..

It is The Time of the White Amanita. These are native ones, and there are a lot of them scattered through the bush at the moment. They are A. farinacea (mealy) and A. ananiceps (pointy bits on the cap). There is currently debate about whether they might be variations on the same species.

…….

This is an Agaricus (field mushrooms are Agaricus) but I think this is a native one. There is very little research on them, this probably doesn’t have a species name.

And no fungi foray is complete without an LBM (Little Brown Mushroom). I think this is probably a Laccaria (Deceiver), but who knows really?

buffy said:

These fungi are Lactarius deliciosus (Saffron milkcap) which is a mushroom that came to Australia from elsewhere when we brought pine trees in and is considered good eating. Growing under pine trees near the Digby phone towers. I’ve seen them there before. Most of them were not in very good nick, especially as the roadside slashing people had just been through. I don’t eat wild mushrooms, but these ones are OK to eat if you are so inclined. It’s interesting that it bruises green, and “bleeds” bright orange latex.

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Although it is edible, it apparently acquired its name because it was confused with a much tastier mushroom.

Wikipedia takes up the story:

L. deliciosus is an edible mushroom, but may taste mild or bitter; its misleading epithet, deliciosus (‘delicious’), may have been caused by Linnaeus mistaking it for another species. The mushrooms are collected from August to early October, in the Northern Hemisphere and April to June in the Southern Hemisphere. Traditionally being salted or pickled. High consumption of the species may cause urine to discolor to orange or red.

“The minuscule Mycena Lazulina. Found on the rotting frond of a tree fern in Victoria, Australia. These pin head sized fungi are bioluminescent, but sadly these were a little too old to glow in the dark. They provide a challenge to photograph being so tiny.”

From Fungi of the World on Facebook. Photo by Kate Wagstaff

kii said:

“The minuscule Mycena Lazulina. Found on the rotting frond of a tree fern in Victoria, Australia. These pin head sized fungi are bioluminescent, but sadly these were a little too old to glow in the dark. They provide a challenge to photograph being so tiny.”

From Fungi of the World on Facebook. Photo by Kate Wagstaff

I like Tiny Blue Lights. I’ve ever seen them in real life, but I do ID them on iNaturalist when other people put up observations. They really are very tiny. This observation gives you an idea (click on the thumbnails beneath the main picture for the close-ups):

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286969821

And they are not always very blue. There are over 700 observations for them in Victoria. If you want to look at lots, here they are:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7830&taxon_id=547435

kii said:

“The minuscule Mycena Lazulina. Found on the rotting frond of a tree fern in Victoria, Australia. These pin head sized fungi are bioluminescent, but sadly these were a little too old to glow in the dark. They provide a challenge to photograph being so tiny.”

From Fungi of the World on Facebook. Photo by Kate Wagstaff

Wow!

buffy said:

kii said:

“The minuscule Mycena Lazulina. Found on the rotting frond of a tree fern in Victoria, Australia. These pin head sized fungi are bioluminescent, but sadly these were a little too old to glow in the dark. They provide a challenge to photograph being so tiny.”

From Fungi of the World on Facebook. Photo by Kate Wagstaff

I like Tiny Blue Lights. I’ve ever seen them in real life, but I do ID them on iNaturalist when other people put up observations. They really are very tiny. This observation gives you an idea (click on the thumbnails beneath the main picture for the close-ups):

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286969821

And they are not always very blue. There are over 700 observations for them in Victoria. If you want to look at lots, here they are:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7830&taxon_id=547435

Me and my fungi appreciation crew have been looking for these, as there have been observations from my local area.
Ridiculously tiny which is why we haven’t found them yet. I got excited yesterday thinking I’d found some but it turned out to be splotches of bird poo

pic taken from iNaturalist

ruby said:

buffy said:

kii said:

“The minuscule Mycena Lazulina. Found on the rotting frond of a tree fern in Victoria, Australia. These pin head sized fungi are bioluminescent, but sadly these were a little too old to glow in the dark. They provide a challenge to photograph being so tiny.”

From Fungi of the World on Facebook. Photo by Kate Wagstaff

I like Tiny Blue Lights. I’ve ever seen them in real life, but I do ID them on iNaturalist when other people put up observations. They really are very tiny. This observation gives you an idea (click on the thumbnails beneath the main picture for the close-ups):

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286969821

And they are not always very blue. There are over 700 observations for them in Victoria. If you want to look at lots, here they are:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7830&taxon_id=547435

Me and my fungi appreciation crew have been looking for these, as there have been observations from my local area.
Ridiculously tiny which is why we haven’t found them yet. I got excited yesterday thinking I’d found some but it turned out to be splotches of bird poo

pic taken from iNaturalist

Wow!

I photographed some fungi in our Botanical gardens this morning. Not much about.

Coprinus comatus. Shaggy inkcap.

And a Coprinellus, I think. Inkcaps.

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Both of these autodigest into black inky stuff. You can pick out the dripping ink on the C. comatus. I understand you can actually use it for ink if you are so inclined.

buffy said:

I photographed some fungi in our Botanical gardens this morning. Not much about.

Coprinus comatus. Shaggy inkcap.

And a Coprinellus, I think. Inkcaps.

……….………..

Both of these autodigest into black inky stuff. You can pick out the dripping ink on the C. comatus. I understand you can actually use it for ink if you are so inclined.

Can imagine the shaggy one creeping about in the garden at night.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

I photographed some fungi in our Botanical gardens this morning. Not much about.

Coprinus comatus. Shaggy inkcap.

And a Coprinellus, I think. Inkcaps.

……….………..

Both of these autodigest into black inky stuff. You can pick out the dripping ink on the C. comatus. I understand you can actually use it for ink if you are so inclined.

Can imagine the shaggy one creeping about in the garden at night.

Playing tag and eating chocolate?

ms spock said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

I photographed some fungi in our Botanical gardens this morning. Not much about.

Coprinus comatus. Shaggy inkcap.

And a Coprinellus, I think. Inkcaps.

……….………..

Both of these autodigest into black inky stuff. You can pick out the dripping ink on the C. comatus. I understand you can actually use it for ink if you are so inclined.

Can imagine the shaggy one creeping about in the garden at night.

Playing tag and eating chocolate?

Fungus and the like are interesting, especially the proposed Stoned Ape theory
Imagine if true, ingestion enhanced the human mind, gave us our intelligence or helped it progress quicker

Cymek said:

ms spock said:

Bubblecar said:

Can imagine the shaggy one creeping about in the garden at night.

Playing tag and eating chocolate?

Fungus and the like are interesting, especially the proposed Stoned Ape theory
Imagine if true, ingestion enhanced the human mind, gave us our intelligence or helped it progress quicker

I had never heard of that theory previously.

ms spock said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

I photographed some fungi in our Botanical gardens this morning. Not much about.

Coprinus comatus. Shaggy inkcap.

And a Coprinellus, I think. Inkcaps.

……….………..

Both of these autodigest into black inky stuff. You can pick out the dripping ink on the C. comatus. I understand you can actually use it for ink if you are so inclined.

Can imagine the shaggy one creeping about in the garden at night.

Playing tag and eating chocolate?

Who knows what creeping inkcaps get up to. Maybe just exploring.

“Just wanna see a little of the world before I autodigest.”

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

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A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

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Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

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And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

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buffy said:

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

……….

……….

A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

……….

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Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

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And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

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Nice.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

……….

……….

A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

……….

…..

Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

……….

And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

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Nice.

Vey nice.

buffy said:

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

……….

……….

A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

……….

…..

Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

……….

And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

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Some interesting fungi, thanks for posting them.
I’m hoping for some good fungi walks here soon, with drizzly conditions set for a week or so.

ruby said:

buffy said:

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

……….

……….

A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

……….

…..

Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

……….

And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

……….

Some interesting fungi, thanks for posting them.
I’m hoping for some good fungi walks here soon, with drizzly conditions set for a week or so.

I’ve offered to take my fungi mentor for a short walk at our covenant tomorrow morning and he has accepted. He is nearly 87 and feeling his age, so we will just walk gently around a small area.

buffy said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

……….

……….

A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

……….

…..

Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

……….

And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

……….

Some interesting fungi, thanks for posting them.
I’m hoping for some good fungi walks here soon, with drizzly conditions set for a week or so.

I’ve offered to take my fungi mentor for a short walk at our covenant tomorrow morning and he has accepted. He is nearly 87 and feeling his age, so we will just walk gently around a small area.

Lovely :)))

buffy said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

Some fungi finds from the bush yesterday

Some assorted Amanitas

……….

……….

A Boletellus, bruises blue-green.

Some Cortinarius

……….

…..

Cute little Gymnopilus allantopus, grows on buried dead wood.

A rather impressive Phylloporus (a bolete with gills, just to provide confusion. Boletes generally have pores underneath)

……….

And one I put Tylopilus on, but I don’t really know what it is. Another Bolete, with white underparts.

……….

Some interesting fungi, thanks for posting them.
I’m hoping for some good fungi walks here soon, with drizzly conditions set for a week or so.

I’ve offered to take my fungi mentor for a short walk at our covenant tomorrow morning and he has accepted. He is nearly 87 and feeling his age, so we will just walk gently around a small area.

Nice. Good onya!

:)

Michael V said:

buffy said:

ruby said:

Some interesting fungi, thanks for posting them.
I’m hoping for some good fungi walks here soon, with drizzly conditions set for a week or so.

I’ve offered to take my fungi mentor for a short walk at our covenant tomorrow morning and he has accepted. He is nearly 87 and feeling his age, so we will just walk gently around a small area.

Nice. Good onya!

:)

Wish I had a fungi mentor.

Fungi near the caravan in South East Queensland.

ms spock said:

Fungi near the caravan in South East Queensland.

I’d guess Leucopaxillus, but I’m not sure.

ms spock said:

Fungi near the caravan in South East Queensland.

Does it glow in the dark?

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

Fungi near the caravan in South East Queensland.

Does it glow in the dark?

Probably not, it’s not brown in the middle.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

Fungi near the caravan in South East Queensland.

Does it glow in the dark?

Probably not, it’s not brown in the middle.

Ah.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

Does it glow in the dark?

Probably not, it’s not brown in the middle.

Ah.

Also growing on the ground, not up a tree. Here are some observations of Omphalotus from Queensland for comparison. These observations are all at Research Grade, so not 100% certain they are right, but at least 2/3 of identifiers who have looked at them have agreed on the ID.

Link

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Probably not, it’s not brown in the middle.

Ah.

Also growing on the ground, not up a tree. Here are some observations of Omphalotus from Queensland for comparison. These observations are all at Research Grade, so not 100% certain they are right, but at least 2/3 of identifiers who have looked at them have agreed on the ID.

Link

Ta.

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

Fungi near the caravan in South East Queensland.

Does it glow in the dark?

I will check tonight.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Probably not, it’s not brown in the middle.

Ah.

Also growing on the ground, not up a tree. Here are some observations of Omphalotus from Queensland for comparison. These observations are all at Research Grade, so not 100% certain they are right, but at least 2/3 of identifiers who have looked at them have agreed on the ID.

Link

Ta for that. I have never seen fungi like this before. I will look out for it.

The fungi was just near the caravan. I might never see it again. I have never seen it before.

ms spock said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

Ah.

Also growing on the ground, not up a tree. Here are some observations of Omphalotus from Queensland for comparison. These observations are all at Research Grade, so not 100% certain they are right, but at least 2/3 of identifiers who have looked at them have agreed on the ID.

Link

Ta for that. I have never seen fungi like this before. I will look out for it.

The fungi was just near the caravan. I might never see it again. I have never seen it before.

If you want to, you can join iNaturalist and put the photos up and someone might actually be able to ID it for you. There are some Queensland mycologists who look over observations at times. There are no promises, it’s all voluntary work.

buffy said:

ms spock said:

buffy said:

Also growing on the ground, not up a tree. Here are some observations of Omphalotus from Queensland for comparison. These observations are all at Research Grade, so not 100% certain they are right, but at least 2/3 of identifiers who have looked at them have agreed on the ID.

Link

Ta for that. I have never seen fungi like this before. I will look out for it.

The fungi was just near the caravan. I might never see it again. I have never seen it before.

If you want to, you can join iNaturalist and put the photos up and someone might actually be able to ID it for you. There are some Queensland mycologists who look over observations at times. There are no promises, it’s all voluntary work.

Thanks for the heads up.

Only spotted one fungi yesterday at Hornsby, growing on one of the felled privet (I think) logs

ruby said:

Only spotted one fungi yesterday at Hornsby, growing on one of the felled privet (I think) logs

I think that is a turkey tail (Trametes). I’m not very good on the shelf fungi.

buffy said:

ruby said:

Only spotted one fungi yesterday at Hornsby, growing on one of the felled privet (I think) logs

I think that is a turkey tail (Trametes). I’m not very good on the shelf fungi.

Thanks Buffy.
I’ll pop it onto iNaturalist sometime soon

buffy said:

ruby said:

Only spotted one fungi yesterday at Hornsby, growing on one of the felled privet (I think) logs

I think that is a turkey tail (Trametes). I’m not very good on the shelf fungi.

I’d agree but then I’m no fungi expert. Trametes for sure though.

J and I found a few fungi in the Botanic Gardens this morning.

Agaricus xanthodermus (Yellow stainer).

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Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular rustgills)

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I think this might be Panaeolus, possibly a psychedelic.

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buffy said:

J and I found a few fungi in the Botanic Gardens this morning.

Agaricus xanthodermus (Yellow stainer).

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Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular rustgills)

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I think this might be Panaeolus, possibly a psychedelic.

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Well done. Apparently the yellow stainers are the cause of most mushroom poisonings in Victoria.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

J and I found a few fungi in the Botanic Gardens this morning.

Agaricus xanthodermus (Yellow stainer).

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Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular rustgills)

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I think this might be Panaeolus, possibly a psychedelic.

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Well done. Apparently the yellow stainers are the cause of most mushroom poisonings in Victoria.

They are. Because they look like field mushrooms.

Spotted this new growth on a small tree on on the edge of the patio.

Spiny Norman said:

Spotted this new growth on a small tree on on the edge of the patio.

I think that might be Schizophyllum commune although I’m not sure I can see enough detail in that photo. Have a look here at the Queensland Mycological Society’s information on it.

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

Spotted this new growth on a small tree on on the edge of the patio.

I think that might be Schizophyllum commune although I’m not sure I can see enough detail in that photo. Have a look here at the Queensland Mycological Society’s information on it.

FWIW here’s a zoomed-in view for you.

Spiny Norman said:

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

Spotted this new growth on a small tree on on the edge of the patio.

I think that might be Schizophyllum commune although I’m not sure I can see enough detail in that photo. Have a look here at the Queensland Mycological Society’s information on it.

FWIW here’s a zoomed-in view for you.

Yes, that’s S. commune.

It’s a screenshot of a post discussing fungi. Ergo, fits the fungi photo thread.

Divine Angel said:

It’s a screenshot of a post discussing fungi. Ergo, fits the fungi photo thread.

Ergo: the English pronunciation of Ergot?

Bloody white winged choughs picked these mushies out of the ground.
but I’ll eat them anyway.

Then there were these. Which seem to grow on Casuarina logs.

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

buffy said:

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

Yum.

buffy said:

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

I don’t think I’d be game to taste those.

buffy said:

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

That’s a whole Mushroom Showbag’s worth.

buffy said:

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

Are you gonna make a beef wellington?

Kingy said:

buffy said:

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

Are you gonna make a beef wellington?

We never eat anything except supermarket Agaricus bisporus.

buffy said:

Kingy said:

buffy said:

Back from the bush. Very productive couple of hours walking and looking at fungi. I’ve got 187 photos to sort/crop/name. But here is a taster – some of the more colourful ones.

Are you gonna make a beef wellington?

We never eat anything except supermarket Agaricus bisporus.

There were some Agaricus around, and probably enough to use in a meal, and quite likely safe. But I’m not sure enough. So they are still out there in the bush where the macropods have been eating them.

OK…that took some time to sort out and upload to iNaturalist. Here are some purdie fungi for you.

An Agaricus, possibly edible. But not going to try it.

Some Amanitas. Definitely not going to eat them.

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Various Cortinarius.

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Gymnopilus.

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Stunning little Hygrocybes.

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Lichenomphalia and Mycena

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A cute little Russula

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And an earthball, Scleroderma.

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An old pot where seedlings had been removed, the surface was scratched to plant some Mulga seeds and I noticed a teeny tiny thing which looked like and the camera proved it was, a single birds nest fungi.

I found some mushrooms in the front garden this morning. I think they are something called Melanoleuca. Which are quite poorly studied.

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And the sporeprints I did yesterday/overnight of a Mycena and a Collybiopsis (I think) worked rather well.

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buffy said:

I found some mushrooms in the front garden this morning. I think they are something called Melanoleuca. Which are quite poorly studied.

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And the sporeprints I did yesterday/overnight of a Mycena and a Collybiopsis (I think) worked rather well.

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Melanoleuca. Perfect name. (Black-white.)

What are you doing your spore prints onto?

Michael V said:

buffy said:

I found some mushrooms in the front garden this morning. I think they are something called Melanoleuca. Which are quite poorly studied.

…

And the sporeprints I did yesterday/overnight of a Mycena and a Collybiopsis (I think) worked rather well.

…….

Melanoleuca. Perfect name. (Black-white.)

What are you doing your spore prints onto?

Lenses from an old trial set. Like this:

If you do it on glass you can put the right contrasting background behind it to photograph.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

I found some mushrooms in the front garden this morning. I think they are something called Melanoleuca. Which are quite poorly studied.

…

And the sporeprints I did yesterday/overnight of a Mycena and a Collybiopsis (I think) worked rather well.

…….

Melanoleuca. Perfect name. (Black-white.)

What are you doing your spore prints onto?

Lenses from an old trial set. Like this:

If you do it on glass you can put the right contrasting background behind it to photograph.

Thanks. I realised why you were doing it (and reckon the reasoning is terrific), but I had no idea what the glass you were using was. I now know. Thanks.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

I found some mushrooms in the front garden this morning. I think they are something called Melanoleuca. Which are quite poorly studied.

…

And the sporeprints I did yesterday/overnight of a Mycena and a Collybiopsis (I think) worked rather well.

…….

Melanoleuca. Perfect name. (Black-white.)

What are you doing your spore prints onto?

Lenses from an old trial set. Like this:

If you do it on glass you can put the right contrasting background behind it to photograph.

Intriguing

And finally I finished uploading yesterday’s observations to iNaturalist. As I walked around yesterday I kept hearing someone saying…there are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…..but it was…there are more Amanitas in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…

Here are some Amanitas:

Amanita ananiceps. There are hundreds of these scattered through the bush at the moment and they have been “blooming” for a month or so now.

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Amanita armeniaca, which has a beautiful felty texture, and a couple of brown ones I don’t know the names of and are probably un-named species.

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Amanita xanthocephala, one of my favourite dainty little things.

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And this one stunned me when I cut it and it was black inside.

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And then there were the Cortinarius, webcaps. These tend to be colourful. And often disgustingly slimy.

One I can’t put a name on and Cortinarius abnormis (unconfirmed)

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Cortinarius fibrillosus (confirmed) and Cortinarius phalarus (unconfirmed)

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Cortinarius sinapicolor (this one I’m sure of) and another I can’t name.

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buffy said:

And finally I finished uploading yesterday’s observations to iNaturalist. As I walked around yesterday I kept hearing someone saying…there are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…..but it was…there are more Amanitas in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…

Here are some Amanitas:

Amanita ananiceps. There are hundreds of these scattered through the bush at the moment and they have been “blooming” for a month or so now.

……….

Amanita armeniaca, which has a beautiful felty texture, and a couple of brown ones I don’t know the names of and are probably un-named species.

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Amanita xanthocephala, one of my favourite dainty little things.

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And this one stunned me when I cut it and it was black inside.

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Gorgeous and fascinating. Lovely pics. I enjoyed your pics from last week too, the spore print ones were super dooper. And the mirror ones for the gills

And some other bits and bobs:

Drechmeria gunnii (Vegetable caterpillar). This is one of those disgusting funguses that takes over a caterpillar’s body. And something interesting that I can’t even start to name.

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Gymnopilus allantopus and a dainty Lepiota

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Lichenomphalia chromacea

Marasamius argillaceus, so tiny!

Tylopilus, a bolete that bruises green/blue.

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buffy said:

And finally I finished uploading yesterday’s observations to iNaturalist. As I walked around yesterday I kept hearing someone saying…there are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…..but it was…there are more Amanitas in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…

Here are some Amanitas:

Amanita ananiceps. There are hundreds of these scattered through the bush at the moment and they have been “blooming” for a month or so now.

……….

Amanita armeniaca, which has a beautiful felty texture, and a couple of brown ones I don’t know the names of and are probably un-named species.

……….

Amanita xanthocephala, one of my favourite dainty little things.

………..

And this one stunned me when I cut it and it was black inside.

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Complete with grub!

Michael V said:

buffy said:

And finally I finished uploading yesterday’s observations to iNaturalist. As I walked around yesterday I kept hearing someone saying…there are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…..but it was…there are more Amanitas in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…

Here are some Amanitas:

Amanita ananiceps. There are hundreds of these scattered through the bush at the moment and they have been “blooming” for a month or so now.

……….

Amanita armeniaca, which has a beautiful felty texture, and a couple of brown ones I don’t know the names of and are probably un-named species.

……….

Amanita xanthocephala, one of my favourite dainty little things.

………..

And this one stunned me when I cut it and it was black inside.

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Complete with grub!

I brought the cut ones home again to scatter in my garden…I think I might have brought quite a few bits of wildlife too.

:)

buffy said:

And then there were the Cortinarius, webcaps. These tend to be colourful. And often disgustingly slimy.

One I can’t put a name on and Cortinarius abnormis (unconfirmed)

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Cortinarius fibrillosus (confirmed) and Cortinarius phalarus (unconfirmed)

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Cortinarius sinapicolor (this one I’m sure of) and another I can’t name.

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Your photos are very good and your knowledge of fungi is too.

ruby said:

buffy said:

And finally I finished uploading yesterday’s observations to iNaturalist. As I walked around yesterday I kept hearing someone saying…there are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…..but it was…there are more Amanitas in Heaven and Earth, Horatio…

Here are some Amanitas:

Amanita ananiceps. There are hundreds of these scattered through the bush at the moment and they have been “blooming” for a month or so now.

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Amanita armeniaca, which has a beautiful felty texture, and a couple of brown ones I don’t know the names of and are probably un-named species.

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Amanita xanthocephala, one of my favourite dainty little things.

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And this one stunned me when I cut it and it was black inside.

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Gorgeous and fascinating. Lovely pics. I enjoyed your pics from last week too, the spore print ones were super dooper. And the mirror ones for the gills

Thanks for reminding me. I’ve got a sporeprint to photograph from a couple of days ago.

buffy said:

And some other bits and bobs:

Drechmeria gunnii (Vegetable caterpillar). This is one of those disgusting funguses that takes over a caterpillar’s body.

Vegetable caterpillar…..huh! TIL!

buffy said:

And some other bits and bobs:

Drechmeria gunnii (Vegetable caterpillar). This is one of those disgusting funguses that takes over a caterpillar’s body. And something interesting that I can’t even start to name.

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Gymnopilus allantopus and a dainty Lepiota

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Lichenomphalia chromacea

Marasamius argillaceus, so tiny!

Tylopilus, a bolete that bruises green/blue.

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So delicate!

I walked Mr buffy around the Botanic Gardens this morning on the way to get his newspaper. There were fungi. So he walked off with a friend and her dog and eventually I caught up with them again.

The inky caps that melt into black goo are revolting. But fascinating.

Coprinopsis (Inkcaps)

Coprinus comatus (Shaggy mane, Lawyers wig)

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And this Trametes (Turkey tail) is eating up a stump.

But the Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (Stubble rosegill) is somewhat more elegant.

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You have to photograph the base of the stem with these to prove there is a cup (volva) under there.

buffy said:

I walked Mr buffy around the Botanic Gardens this morning on the way to get his newspaper. There were fungi. So he walked off with a friend and her dog and eventually I caught up with them again.

The inky caps that melt into black goo are revolting. But fascinating.

Coprinopsis (Inkcaps)

Coprinus comatus (Shaggy mane, Lawyers wig)

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And this Trametes (Turkey tail) is eating up a stump.

But the Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (Stubble rosegill) is somewhat more elegant.

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You have to photograph the base of the stem with these to prove there is a cup (volva) under there.

Coprinus comatus would make a good horror movie critter.

It was quite the fungi event while I was in Belconnen last weekend. Discovered a number of different species on my morning walks. Don’t know much about the ones I found as usual. Picked up the newest Fuhrer revision so I will be spnding some time perusing this for ID’s.
There is this Coral fungi that looks a bit like a caulflower.

Then there was this one, an Amanita I think.

roughbarked said:

It was quite the fungi event while I was in Belconnen last weekend. Discovered a number of different species on my morning walks. Don’t know much about the ones I found as usual. Picked up the newest Fuhrer revision so I will be spnding some time perusing this for ID’s.
There is this Coral fungi that looks a bit like a caulflower.

Then there was this one, an Amanita I think.

I’d go with Ramaria of some sort for the first one, and the Amanita looks like A. muscaria, one of the introduced ones.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

It was quite the fungi event while I was in Belconnen last weekend. Discovered a number of different species on my morning walks. Don’t know much about the ones I found as usual. Picked up the newest Fuhrer revision so I will be spnding some time perusing this for ID’s.
There is this Coral fungi that looks a bit like a caulflower.

Then there was this one, an Amanita I think.

I’d go with Ramaria of some sort for the first one, and the Amanita looks like A. muscaria, one of the introduced ones.

Thanks buffy. :)
I have more yet. Many have to be converted to .jpg
These are Russula I’d reckon.

Then would these be edible Agaricus?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

It was quite the fungi event while I was in Belconnen last weekend. Discovered a number of different species on my morning walks. Don’t know much about the ones I found as usual. Picked up the newest Fuhrer revision so I will be spnding some time perusing this for ID’s.
There is this Coral fungi that looks a bit like a caulflower.

Then there was this one, an Amanita I think.

I’d go with Ramaria of some sort for the first one, and the Amanita looks like A. muscaria, one of the introduced ones.

Thanks buffy. :)
I have more yet. Many have to be converted to .jpg
These are Russula I’d reckon.

Then would these be edible Agaricus?

The purple Russula under pine trees are introduced ones. And I don’t advise on edibility, but they are Agaricus.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

I’d go with Ramaria of some sort for the first one, and the Amanita looks like A. muscaria, one of the introduced ones.

Thanks buffy. :)
I have more yet. Many have to be converted to .jpg
These are Russula I’d reckon.

Then would these be edible Agaricus?

The purple Russula under pine trees are introduced ones. And I don’t advise on edibility, but they are Agaricus.

Yep That’s what I thought you’d say.

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

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I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

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Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

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Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

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And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

buffy said:

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

……….

I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

………

Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

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Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

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And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

:)

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

……….

I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

………

Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

……

Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

……….

And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

:)

cool. I think I’ve pgotographed the latter here in my yard. About the size of a 20 cent piece is the bggest?

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

……….

I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

………

Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

……

Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

……….

And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

:)

cool. I think I’ve pgotographed the latter here in my yard. About the size of a 20 cent piece is the bggest?

No, only about 10mm across. The big one is in my office/library here with me doing a spore print.

buffy said:

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

……….

I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

………

Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

……

Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

……….

And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

Nice collection. Really like the last one, what a great surprise!

ruby said:

buffy said:

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

……….

I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

………

Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

……

Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

……….

And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

Nice collection. Really like the last one, what a great surprise!

There seems to be mushrooms on my socks tonight…

:)

buffy said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

Here are today’s finds in the Botanic Gardens over the road. Only one ID has been confirmed so far, but this is what I’ve provisionally called them.

Cortinarius (webcap) and Gymnopilus junonius complex (Spectacular Rustgill)

……….

I think these are both Laccaria (Deceivers) in different parts of the park.

………

Leratiomyces ceres (Chip cherries) and Melanoleuca (Cavalier)

……

Trametes (Turkey tail) pretty much all over a tree trunk. The second photo is from underneath.

……….

And this one surprised me. Last year sometime I filled a takeaway coffee cup with a mix of soil and compost and put some white freesia bulbs in it. The bulbs are all leafed up now…and this is what is on the underside of the cup. I think this is Crepidotus (Oysterlings).

Nice collection. Really like the last one, what a great surprise!

There seems to be mushrooms on my socks tonight…

:)

:)))
Noice

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

:)

cool. I think I’ve pgotographed the latter here in my yard. About the size of a 20 cent piece is the bggest?

No, only about 10mm across. The big one is in my office/library here with me doing a spore print.

OK I may be wrong about the coin size.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

cool. I think I’ve pgotographed the latter here in my yard. About the size of a 20 cent piece is the bggest?

No, only about 10mm across. The big one is in my office/library here with me doing a spore print.

OK I may be wrong about the coin size.

I was certainly wrong about the coin size. Possibly Resupinatus cinarescens as it was quite small.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

No, only about 10mm across. The big one is in my office/library here with me doing a spore print.

OK I may be wrong about the coin size.

I was certainly wrong about the coin size. Possibly Resupinatus cinarescens as it was quite small.

No idea what this is.

roughbarked said:

No idea what this is.

Maybe a Paxillus, but P. involutus grows under exotic trees.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

No idea what this is.

Maybe a Paxillus, but P. involutus grows under exotic trees.

Was under a Pinus radiata.

I also photographed some fungi at the wetland in between cutting down weeds. Nothing very colourful though.

Clitocybe (Funnels) and Cortinarius (Webcap)

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Little Brown Mushroom and maybe a Gymnopus (no common name I know of, and probably a rather dodgy ID on my part.

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roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

No, only about 10mm across. The big one is in my office/library here with me doing a spore print.

OK I may be wrong about the coin size.

I was certainly wrong about the coin size. Possibly Resupinatus cinarescens as it was quite small.

They are just so delicate and beautiful.

OK, been back for an hour or two. Done stuff, started sorting fungi photos again. Here is today’s tray of fungi.

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK I may be wrong about the coin size.

I was certainly wrong about the coin size. Possibly Resupinatus cinarescens as it was quite small.

They are just so delicate and beautiful.

That they are.

buffy said:

OK, been back for an hour or two. Done stuff, started sorting fungi photos again. Here is today’s tray of fungi.

A colourful funpak™ of fungi.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

OK, been back for an hour or two. Done stuff, started sorting fungi photos again. Here is today’s tray of fungi.

A colourful funpak™ of fungi.

I wouldn’t eat any of them.

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

OK, been back for an hour or two. Done stuff, started sorting fungi photos again. Here is today’s tray of fungi.

A colourful funpak™ of fungi.

I wouldn’t eat any of them.

There is one Agaricus in there which is probably edible, and a Hydnum, which is edible. But not for me.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

A colourful funpak™ of fungi.

I wouldn’t eat any of them.

There is one Agaricus in there which is probably edible, and a Hydnum, which is edible. But not for me.

Daughter fed me saffron cups or some name that I have trouble remembering. They are orange and with a holllow stem.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

I wouldn’t eat any of them.

There is one Agaricus in there which is probably edible, and a Hydnum, which is edible. But not for me.

Daughter fed me saffron cups or some name that I have trouble remembering. They are orange and with a holllow stem.

Saffron milk caps?

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

There is one Agaricus in there which is probably edible, and a Hydnum, which is edible. But not for me.

Daughter fed me saffron cups or some name that I have trouble remembering. They are orange and with a holllow stem.

Saffron milk caps?

That will be them. They grow under pines. Introduced species. Considered good eating. I like the look of them and I’m fascinated that they bleed orange and bruise green.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Daughter fed me saffron cups or some name that I have trouble remembering. They are orange and with a holllow stem.

Saffron milk caps?

That will be them. They grow under pines. Introduced species. Considered good eating. I like the look of them and I’m fascinated that they bleed orange and bruise green.

They are fascinating and quite delectable.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

OK, been back for an hour or two. Done stuff, started sorting fungi photos again. Here is today’s tray of fungi.

A colourful funpak™ of fungi.

A Fun Game for All the Family.

Because I walked, you lot get to look at pictures. Quite a few pictures.

Some Amanitas. I like the little orange one particularly.

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Coltricia and Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare’s foot inkcap)

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Phlegmacium coelopus (no common name)

Cortinarius persplendidus and a Gymnopilus (Rustgill)

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Hydnum (Hedgehog mushroom, edible) and Kgaria (a bolete)

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Leucopaxillus eucalyptorum and a Mycena (Bonnet)

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Phlegmacium coelopus and a Pisolithus (possibly)

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Russula persanguinea and Russula purpureoflava, native Brittlegills.

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Scleroderma (Earthball) and Thaxterogaster (no common name)

buffy said:

Because I walked, you lot get to look at pictures. Quite a few pictures.

Some Amanitas. I like the little orange one particularly.

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Coltricia and Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare’s foot inkcap)

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Phlegmacium coelopus (no common name)

Cortinarius persplendidus and a Gymnopilus (Rustgill)

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Hydnum (Hedgehog mushroom, edible) and Kgaria (a bolete)

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Leucopaxillus eucalyptorum and a Mycena (Bonnet)

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Phlegmacium coelopus and a Pisolithus (possibly)

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Russula persanguinea and Russula purpureoflava, native Brittlegills.

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Scleroderma (Earthball) and Thaxterogaster (no common name)

G’donya!

:)

buffy said:

Because I walked, you lot get to look at pictures. Quite a few pictures.

Some Amanitas. I like the little orange one particularly.

……….

Coltricia and Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare’s foot inkcap)

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Phlegmacium coelopus (no common name)

Cortinarius persplendidus and a Gymnopilus (Rustgill)

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Hydnum (Hedgehog mushroom, edible) and Kgaria (a bolete)

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Leucopaxillus eucalyptorum and a Mycena (Bonnet)

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Phlegmacium coelopus and a Pisolithus (possibly)

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Russula persanguinea and Russula purpureoflava, native Brittlegills.

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Scleroderma (Earthball) and Thaxterogaster (no common name)

Interesting collection.

Apparently 14 members of Gymnopilus are magic mushrooms (psychoactive), “although their bitter taste often deters recreational users”, according to Wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnopilus

buffy said:

Because I walked, you lot get to look at pictures. Quite a few pictures.

Some Amanitas. I like the little orange one particularly.

……….

Coltricia and Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare’s foot inkcap)

……….

Phlegmacium coelopus (no common name)

Cortinarius persplendidus and a Gymnopilus (Rustgill)

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Hydnum (Hedgehog mushroom, edible) and Kgaria (a bolete)

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Leucopaxillus eucalyptorum and a Mycena (Bonnet)

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Phlegmacium coelopus and a Pisolithus (possibly)

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Russula persanguinea and Russula purpureoflava, native Brittlegills.

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Scleroderma (Earthball) and Thaxterogaster (no common name)

The orange is stunning. I like how much you like fungi.

ms spock said:

buffy said:

Because I walked, you lot get to look at pictures. Quite a few pictures.

Some Amanitas. I like the little orange one particularly.

……….

Coltricia and Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare’s foot inkcap)

……….

Phlegmacium coelopus (no common name)

Cortinarius persplendidus and a Gymnopilus (Rustgill)

…..

Hydnum (Hedgehog mushroom, edible) and Kgaria (a bolete)

……….

Leucopaxillus eucalyptorum and a Mycena (Bonnet)

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Phlegmacium coelopus and a Pisolithus (possibly)

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Russula persanguinea and Russula purpureoflava, native Brittlegills.

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Scleroderma (Earthball) and Thaxterogaster (no common name)

The orange is stunning. I like how much you like fungi.

It could be called an obsession. I like having the time (and brainspace) to like fungi.

:)

buffy said:

ms spock said:

buffy said:

Because I walked, you lot get to look at pictures. Quite a few pictures.

Some Amanitas. I like the little orange one particularly.

……….

Coltricia and Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare’s foot inkcap)

……….

Phlegmacium coelopus (no common name)

Cortinarius persplendidus and a Gymnopilus (Rustgill)

…..

Hydnum (Hedgehog mushroom, edible) and Kgaria (a bolete)

……….

Leucopaxillus eucalyptorum and a Mycena (Bonnet)

……….

Phlegmacium coelopus and a Pisolithus (possibly)

……….

Russula persanguinea and Russula purpureoflava, native Brittlegills.

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Scleroderma (Earthball) and Thaxterogaster (no common name)

The orange is stunning. I like how much you like fungi.

It could be called an obsession. I like having the time (and brainspace) to like fungi.

:)

Having the brain space and time to enjoy your fungi obsession is well deserved.

I get excited to see your fungi photos. Your excitement is infectious.

🍄🍄🍄

Divine Angel said:

Big Boletes. Mt and Mrs buffy have them too.

They also occur in the bush here.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Big Boletes. Mt and Mrs buffy have them too.

They also occur in the bush here.

Phlebopus marginatus. The common name in WA is Salmon Gum Mushroom. I don’t know of any other common names. roughbarked is correct that I have some photos of ones even larger than those ones. They are stunning. And usually full of maggots and insects on the underside fairly quickly.

morrie wrote a blog piece about them with a couple of my photos in it

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Big Boletes. Mt and Mrs buffy have them too.

They also occur in the bush here.

Phlebopus marginatus. The common name in WA is Salmon Gum Mushroom. I don’t know of any other common names. roughbarked is correct that I have some photos of ones even larger than those ones. They are stunning. And usually full of maggots and insects on the underside fairly quickly.

morrie wrote a blog piece about them with a couple of my photos in it

That’s them. I find that all the edible mushrooms appear to be fill of maggots very quickly too. Fungus gnats probably.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Big Boletes. Mt and Mrs buffy have them too.

They also occur in the bush here.

Phlebopus marginatus. The common name in WA is Salmon Gum Mushroom. I don’t know of any other common names. roughbarked is correct that I have some photos of ones even larger than those ones. They are stunning. And usually full of maggots and insects on the underside fairly quickly.

morrie wrote a blog piece about them with a couple of my photos in it

I remember this one from my parent’s place out of Goulburn (NSW). They took it to a mycologist at a Sydney University (UNSW?) who a friend knew socially.

Wikipedia records it very near here, too. But I haven’t seen any.

I found some Collybia nuda (Blewitts) in the backyard this morning. These are an introduced mushroom and an edible. Although I’ve found some out in the middle of our bush too, so I suspect there is an Australian version. These ones in town are possibly introduced, although they are under mature redgums. I’ve seen them in that part of the garden before, but not in the last 3 years.

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I took more photos than that and it amused me to notice I had disposable rubber gloves on when I did the photos. This is amusing because I handle the bush mushrooms without gloves, and these innocuous ones I had gloves on (I was going to pull out some muddy weeds).

While bringing in the recycling bin I saw this Scleroderma? popping up in the cerge. I’ve photographed them here and around the yard before.
I’ve also been informed that the puffballs that stay white all the way through are edible. This one in the photo is brown to black inside.

roughbarked said:

While bringing in the recycling bin I saw this Scleroderma? popping up in the cerge. I’ve photographed them here and around the yard before.
I’ve also been informed that the puffballs that stay white all the way through are edible. This one in the photo is brown to black inside.

Looks like something that would explode if you stepped on it.

roughbarked said:

While bringing in the recycling bin I saw this Scleroderma? popping up in the cerge. I’ve photographed them here and around the yard before.
I’ve also been informed that the puffballs that stay white all the way through are edible. This one in the photo is brown to black inside.

The spores inside a puffball (Lycoperdons) are white when young and go dark. According to my foraging handbook Lycoperdons are edible when the spores are white, and it is imperative you cut them open to check because they look very like a very young button Amanita. And Amanitas can kill. This is a Lycoperdon I photographed at Digby last Monday.

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You photo looks more like either a Scleroderma or a Pisolithus. Apparently Scleroderma (Earth balls) are gut upsetters.

This is a Scleroderma

This is what Pisolithus looks like (not my photo)