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Boletus barragensis to Clavaria miniata
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Boletus barragensis. Cap dark reddish, convex, to 60 mm. Tiny pores, dark reddish-brown, deeply dished around stem, bruising bluish green. Spore print pale brown. Stems thicker towards base, reddish, reticulated surface. Australian native, solitary or gregarious in forests. Blueswami photo. Jumping Creek Reserve, Warrandyte, 2007. 43 kB
Boletellus emodensis, "Shaggy Top Bolete", probably mycorrhizal, is a common forest fungus here as well as a number of other countries. Cap to 100 mm, covered with thick, pale brownish, felty scales, revealing a reddish cap colour underneath. The pores are often covered by a membrane which breaks open, revealing yellow pores which turn dark blue-green-grey on ageing and bruising, as does the interior flesh. Stem central, robust (150x20 mm), brownish, often with reddish tones, fibrillose, sometimes twisted, with no ring. NB: Variable, and easily confused with related species mainly only distinguishable microscopically. Mushroom Observer ref Sydney Fungal Studies image Baldry Crossing, Green's Bush, 2010.
Boletellus obscurecoccineus, "Rhubarb Bolete", occurs in Australia, New Guinea, Java, Borneo, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. A totally distinctive bolete found in forest leaf-litter, probably mycorrhizal. Cap to 70 mm, hemispherical to flat, rhubarb red to rosy red. Pores coarse, angular, yellow, spongy, no colour on bruising, forming a deep depression around the rim; spore print dark brown. Stem long (to 95 mm), fairly thick (20 mm), yellow at top, shading red to magenta near base, studded with pale scales and with no ring. Not common, but widespread in forests. Wikipedia ref . Mt Dandenong, 2003.
Calocera sinensis group are a common, widespread wood-rotting fungus found widely on moist dead twigs, branches and logs. [NB: Gk: calo=beautiful; cera=horn] Little spikes (to 10 mm high, 2 mm thick) arise from the wood singly or on groups, as clubs or spikes, single or simply branched, colour from yellow to orange to buff, firm-gelatinous, darker on drying. Spore print white.There are various related species such C. clavata, C. fusca, etc, separable only by microscope. Melba Gully, Otway Ranges, 2010.
Calostoma fuscum, "Common Prettymouth", a stalked puffball in forests, tall stem to 100 mm, of intertwined gelatinous strands, supporting a dark brown spore-sac with an upper star-like red mouth (fading with age) from which are puffed white spores. A temporary cap covers the spore-sac but soon falls off, visible on the ground. Common mainly in SE Australian forests. ANBG photo . Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005. 36 kB
Calostoma rodwayi, "Forest Prettymouth". On the ground amongst leaf litter in Myrtle Beech forests. Height to 80 mm, with the characteristic little scarlet to red starfish-shaped decoration around the mouth of the spore-sac, spores white. The sac appears pale brown and 'blistered' after the outer, upper cap flakes off. The stem is rather hidden. Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2008. 46 kB
Campanella olivaceonigra is a delicate wood-rotting fungus found on twigs and grass stalks, solitary or in small groups,attached by a small powdery stipe attached laterally to the cap side or top. The very thin powdery fan-shaped cap (10 mm) is whitish, tinted patchy blackish green colours, with a scalloped edge. The underneath ridge-like gills are white with a darker blackish-greeen ground, radiating away from the point of attachment; distinctively interconnected and forked. Spore-print white. The short (4 mm) stem is more or less lateral, attached to the cap, whitish to tinted blackish, bluish-green. NZ Landcare ref Maits Rest, Otway Ranges, 2010.
Cantharellus concinnus ("Australian Chanterelle" (my name)) is an uncommon forest and health-land terrestrial fungus, probably mycorrhizal. Synonymous with C. cibarius var. australiensis and others). Cap to 55 mm or more, varying from pale to bright orange to apricot, with pinkish shades, becoming distorted and funnel-shaped; edges scalloped; smooth and dry. Gills deeply decurrent down stem, fold-like, often forked, colour as cap but paler; spore print white. Stem central, no ring, colour as cap, tapers towards base. Odour and taste of apricot, edibility uncertain (in contrast to highly popular European 'Chanterelle'). Flickr image Sydney Fungal Studies ref Mortimer Picnic Ground, Bunyip State Forest, May, 2010.
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, "Icicle Fairy Fans", a slime mold, or Myxomycete. Grows on rotting wood, and is the "sporangia", i.e. fruiting stage of this organism. Reasonably common in Australian wet forests, but is cosmopolitan. Messiah College ref Discover Life ref Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2006.
Chalciporus piperatus, "Peppery Bolete", occurs world-wide, associated with conifers and deciduous trees, although associated with Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus spp) in Tasmania. Brownish cap, reddish-brown pores, very peppery taste, cinnamon spore-print. Mykoweb ref Wikipedia ref Silvan Reservoir, 2004. 56 kB
Cheilymenia raripila or, better, Cheilymenia coprinaria group, "Eyelash Dung Cups", orange to reddish discs 2 mm to 5 mm across, fringed with pale brown hairs, growing on herbivore dung. NZ Fungi ref. Jumping Creek Reserve, Warrandyte, 2007. 64 kB
Cheilymenia raripila or, better, Cheilymenia coprinaria group, - see previous. Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2006. 47 kB
Chlorociboria aeruginascens, "Green Stain Fungus" is cosmopolitan, and widespread in our forests. Varying shades of blue-green cups, 3-7 mm across, attached by tiny stalks to bare rotting wood, staining the substrate blue-green. Cups flatten with age, and fade in colour. Occurs in scattered clumps. Wikipedia ref Tom Volk's ref Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2008. 69 kB
Chlorovibrissea melanochlora, "Two-toned Pin", is a tiny, extremely rare pin-like Ascomycete fungus which erupts out of very wet dead wood, especially near or immmersed in running water. A yellowish-green sporiferous head, to 7 mm across is located atop a dark green to blackish stem, up to 30 mm high, 1 mm diam. The whole is tough rather than fragile or brittle. Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2006. 60 kB
Clavaria amoena is a cosmopolitan club fungus growing on soil. Bright yellow single or clustered clubs occur amongst moss on the soil in woodlands and forests. Common and widespread. Hidden Forest ref NZ Landcare ref. Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2006. 63 kB
Clavaria miniata, "Flame Fungus", is another club fungus growing on soil singly or in groups, to 100 mm high, simple or slightly branched, even somewhat flattened. Colour from pinkish to bright red, the colour reaching down to the bottom of the club. (This is in contrast to the related red Clavaria corallinorosacea, where there is a change of texture near the base of the club.) Spore print white. ALA gallery Redbubble ref. Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2006. 37 kB
