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Dermocybe kula 1
Dermocybe kula is an Australian species not illustrated in any book to which I have access, but these specimens were identified as such by expert colleagues on the fungi foray. Note the all-over deep blood red to brownish-red colour of the cap, gills and stem. Spore print rusty brown. The mycelium at the stem base is orange-pink (from discussion with J. Hubregtse). In groups or singly, mycorrhizal with eucalypts. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2009.  41 kB 
Dermocybe kula 2
Dermocybe kula - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2009.  44 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 1
Dermocybe splendida, "Splendid Red Skinhead", is widespread and mycorrhizal in Eucalypt and Leptospermum forests. Cap to 55 mm, dry, fibrillose, dark orange-brown, flattens with umbo. Gills strikingly brilliant paprika red, spore print rusty brown. Stem tapers upwards, yellowish with red-orange fibrillose zone, basal mycelium yellow.    ANBG ref Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005.  53 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 2
Dermocybe splendida - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005.  42 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 3
Dermocybe splendida - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005.  43 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 4
Dermocybe splendida - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005.  40 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 5
Dermocybe splendida - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005.  49 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 6
Dermocybe splendida (?) - see previous. This specimen has a less yellow stem than normal, and might well be Dermocybe kula. Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2007.  33 kB 
Dermocybe splendida 7
Dermocybe splendida - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2009.  78 kB 
Descolea recedens group 1
Descolea recedens group is a mycorrhizal fungus widespread from forest to heathland, found in the Southern Hemisphere. It is best viewed as a "little brown mushrooms (LBM)" complex of species distinguishable only microscopically. Cap to 40 mm, convex, flattening with age, dark red-brown when wet, lighter red-brown when dry (hygrophanous), with characteristic pale yellowish-brown scales when young; cap margins striate. Gills moderately distant, pale brown, darker with maturity, irregular edges; spore print rust brown. Stem has a characteristically prominent, striate, soft, membraneous ring, yellow-brown, two-thirds of the way up the stem. Stem widens at base, robust (to 50x6 mm), finely fibrillose, colour red-brown, perhaps paler than cap.  Wikimedia Commons ref  Blue Tiers image Mortimer Picnic Ground, Bunyip State Forest, May, 2010.
Descolea recedens group 2
Descolea recedens group - see previous. Baldry Crossing, Greens Bush, Mornington Peninsula, 2010.
Dibaesis arcuata 1
Dibaesis arcuata is not a fungus but a lichen, a symbiont (mutually beneficial combination) of a fungus and an algae. It is common, especially on disturbed soil such as road cuttings. The little fleshy knobs are the spore-bearing fruiting body on a stalk arising from a flat crust of lichen.  Kaimai Bush (NZ) Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2005.  78 kB 
Dibaesis arcuata 2
Dibaesis arcuata - see previous. Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2008.  61 kB 
Discinella terrestris 1
Discinella terrestris, an ascomycete, grows as flattened to undulate yellow to orange discs (to 10 mm) on the ground, and amongst moss, especially around the base of trees. It grows elsewhere in the world and is widespread. NB: A smaller bright yellow disc, Bisporella citrina, is found on rotting wood.  Nature Photo-cz ref  Mushroomobserver ref Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2005.  56 kB 
Discinella terrestris 2
Discinella terrestris - see previous. Baldry Crossing, Greensbush, Mornington Peninsula, 2008.  33 kB 
Discinella terrestris 3
Discinella terrestris - see previous. Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2006.  67 kB 
Discinella terrestris 4
Discinella terrestris - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2009.  42 kB 
Entoloma moongum 1
Entoloma moongum grows on soil in SE Australian forests. Cap to 45 mm, convex, sometimes with central depression. Colour bluish to brownish black, slightly shiny and minutely rough. Gills at first pale purplish grey, becoming pale pink; spore print pink (characteristic of all Entolomas). Stem bluish black, no ring, but with shining white mycelium at base. Baldry Crossing, Greensbush, Mornington Peninsula, 2008.  f56 kB 
Entoloma moongum 2
Entoloma moongum - see previous. Baldry Crossing, Greensbush, Mornington Peninsula, 2008.  37 kB 
Entoloma viridomarginatum 1
Entoloma viridomarginatum grows on soil among grass and moss in Australian native forests and woodland; uncommon. Cap to 25 mm, convex with a small shallow depression, yellow-green to brilliant deep blue-green, scaly, striate. Gills pale green, edged dark green; spore print pink. Stem very dark green, ring absent, with white mycelium at the base. Baldry Crossing, Greensbush, Mornington Peninsula, 2005.  29 kB 
Entoloma viridomarginatum 2
Entoloma viridomarginatum - see previous. Baldry Crossing, Greensbush, Mornington Peninsula, 2006.  44 kB 
Entoloma viridomarginatum 3
Entoloma viridomarginatum - see previous. Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2008.  54 kB 
Exidia glandulosa 1
Exidia glandulosa (?), one of the "Witch's Butters" is shown darker in some European refs, particularly on ageing. My pictures of this species matches the one in McCann's book (p. 91). So I'm a little unsure of the exact identity of it.  Wikipedia ref  Morwell ref Sherbrooke Forest, 2003.  50 kB 
Exidia glandulosa 2
Exidia glandulosa - see previous. Sherbrooke Forest, 2004.  35 kB 
Fistulina hepatica 1
Fistulina hepatica, "Beefsteak Fungus", so-called from its raw appearance when young. It is common world-wide on rotting and living trees. It forms a broad tongue of rubbery tissue, growing laterally from a short base. Up to more than 200 mm wide and 80 mm deep, the cap is fleshy red to pink when young, exuding a red juice when cut. Underneath is a distinct layer of pinkish pores or tubes, which become more yellowish on ageing, and the cap becomes browner. Spore print pink.  Wikipedia ref    Mushroom Expert ref Mason's Falls, Kinglake National Park, 2007.  50 kB 
Fistulina hepatica 2
Fistulina hepatica - see previous. Mason's Falls, Kinglake National Park, 2007.  43 kB 
Fistulina hepatica 3
Fistulina hepatica - see previous. Sherbrooke Forest, 2003.  54 kB 
Fistulina hepatica 4
Fistulina hepatica - see previous. Day's Picnic Ground, Mt Macedon, 2009.  72 kB 
Fistulinella mollis 1
Fistulinella mollis, the "Marshmallow Bolete" occurs widely in wet eucalypt forests, on the ground. Caps to 90 mm, very rounded at first, finally rather flat, caramel to greyish in colour, spongy in texture. Underneath are the characteristically soft, wide pores, pinkish in colour, collapsing, when touched, to a custard consistency. Pores widely separated from the stem, which is whitish, with no ring. Spore print brown. Baldry Crossing, Greensbush, Mornington Peninsula, 2008.  37 kB 
Fistulinella mollis 2
Fistulinella mollis - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2007.  41 kB 
Fistulinella mollis 3
Fistulinella mollis - see previous. Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2007.  32 kB 
Fistulinella mollis 4
Fistulinella mollis - see previous. Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2008.  30 kB 

 
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