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Cortinarius aff violaceus to Dermocybe cramesina
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Cortinarius sp aff violaceus, a small group of a subgenus related to Northern Hemisphere C. violaceus. Mycorrhizal with various eucalypts, it grows in small groups, uncommon. Overall violet colour of total fruit body intense, gills darkening to almost black. Cap to 80 mm, convex to flattened, silky to touch. Gills close, spore print rusty brown. Purple veil collapses to fibrillose remnants. Wikipedia link Mt Worth State Park, South Gippsland, 2006. 48 kB
Craterellus cornucopioides is an uncommon mycorrhizal fungus known world-wide, often called "Horn of Plenty". It can be difficult to find in the forest litter, growing singly or in caespitose clusters. Horn to 140 mm high to 60 mm wide, inside felt-like or rough, dark brown to blackish, outside sporiferous surface smooth or slightly ridged, an ash-grey bloom, or brown, rarely salmon or yellowish. Spores are whitish to buff. Stem short, black. In Europe its fruity, aromatic qualities are used in soups and stews. NB: Similar species but with forked definite decurrent ridges on outside surface is called Craterellus australis. Mushroom Expert ref MykoWeb ref Rogers Mushrooms ref Melba Gully, Otway Ranges, 2010.
Crepidotus nephrodes is a world-wide common wood-rotting bracket fungus with gills. [NB: Genus name Crepidotus comes from Greek meaning "Cracked Ear".] Cap kidney-shaped (nephros:Gk=kidney) to fan-shaped bracket singly or in groups, to 65 mm wide, smooth to slightly hairy surface, fluffy hairs at point of attachment to the wood; margin often striate; colour cream to pale brown. Flesh thin, fragile, often watery. Gills radiate from point of attachment, fairly close, edges finely serrated; colour greyish-white, darkening with age; spore print brown. (Note: No latex on bruising, contrast to Panellus stipticus.) Stem absent or rudimentary, asymmetrically attached. NB: Related C. applanatus has more robust little stem, otherwise distinct only microscopically. Melba Gully, Otway Ranges, 2010.
Cymatoderma elegans var lamellatum, "Leathery Goblet", is the correct name for the Australian variety of C. elegans, which grows on dead wood in tropical and temperate rainforests. Funnel-shaped cup to 200 mm across, 225 mm deep, with a leathery appearance, tough texture, radially wrinkled, irregular edge. Inside, velvety concentric zones of brown. Outside, fertile surface smooth, but with wrinkles and radial ridges and zones, often branched, from stem to upper edge; whitish grey to pale cream; spore print white. Stem central or off-centre, short, woody, velvety brown. Australian Fungi Blog ref ANBG ref Blue Swami refs Maits Rest, Otway Ranges, 2010.
Cyptotrama aspratum (also as C. asprata), "Golden Tufts", an uncommon fungus found world-wide, especially in the tropics. Grows on rotting wood, cap to 50 mm, covered with tiny orange conical tufts, falling off with age. Edges of cap closed over when young, like a small knob, flatter when mature. Gills white, widely spaced; spore print white. Stem white, granular texture. Wikipedia ref Mortimer Picnic Ground, Bunyip State Forest, 2009. 36 kB
Cystolepiota sp. (No. 70 Fuhrer) or Cystolepiota sp. aff. sistrata, the whole species not yet fully characterised. Grows on forest litter, uncommon. Cap to 20mm, whitish to pale brown, conical to convex, flatter with age with umbo which is darker brownish-pink in colour; smooth to powdery-mealy. Prominent torn remnants of white veil around edge of cap. Gills free, white; spore print white. Stem slender, white above, brownish pink below, slightly mealy, but no obvious ring. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2007.
Dermocybe austroveneta, "Green Skinhead" is native to SE Australia, common, mycorrhizal in forests, in small groups. Caps to 80 mm, becoming flat with a broad umbo, the bottle-green colour often fading with age. Cobweb-like veil (cortina) when very young. Gills pale yellow, darkening with brown spores, giving a rusty-brown spore print. Stem pale yellow, with greenish fibrillose veil remnants. Wikipedia ref ANBG ref Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2007. 39 kB
Dermocybe canaria, "Canary Webcap"is a rare, brightly coloured species found in SE Australia and NZ, mycorrhizal with eucalypts. Cap and stem are bright yellow, cap to 80 mm, convex, umbonate, Stem often has a bulbous base, and veil remnants in a fugitive, fibrillose ring. Spore print yellowish rusty brown. Hidden Forest ref Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2005. 33 kB
Dermocybe cramesina. Renamed to Cortinarius austrocinnabarinus (Fuhrer No. 75) on DNA evidence., a rare species, mycorrhizal with eucalypts. Cap to 60 mm, convex with umbo, brilliant orange-red in colour. Fibrillose stem bands from cortina remnants same orange colour over pale coloured stem. Gills yellowish brown, spore print rusty brown. Uncommon, known only from a few mountain sites in Victoria and Tasmania. Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2007. 68 kB
Dermocybe erythrocephala is the most likely identity of this splendid red Dermocybe I've seen on two forays at the Blackwood site. In 2007 it was identified as stated by Dr. Tom May, although it isn't yet in any of my books or any images on the internet. I have decided to retain this name. Deep orange-red cap 50 mm, orange gills, stem orange with fibrillose zones from remnants of cobweb veil; stem base orange. NB: Distinguished from Dermocybe splendida in that the latter has paprika red gills and a yellow stem with yellow mycelium at the base. Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2005. 54 kB
