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!