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Gymnopilus allantopus to Hygrocybe lewellinae
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Gymnopilus allantopus, is a common wood-rotting fungus found on soil, usually on buried wood, or on rotting wood. Often in clusters, with caps to 90 mm, yellow-buff to buff-orange, distinguished by irregular remnants of a white cortina around the margin. Gills yellowish to yellow-brown, crowded; spore print golden rust. Stem yellow to orange, evanescent whitish ring, with whitish fibrillose zones of velar remnant; often swollen near the base. Name from Greek "allanto+pus" = sausage foot. Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2008. 47 kB
Gymnopilus austrosapineus (?), said
(Bougher and Syme) to be very common in WA/SE Australian forests. On rotting wood, esp. buried in the ground. Cap 10-40 mm, bright orange-brown, minutely scaly, with paler colour around the cap margin, expanded with slight umbo. When young, has white remnants of a thick white inner veil, remnants of which occur as a fibrillose zone on the stem, but no obvious ring. Gills deep, close, cream when young, bright yellow, then bright yellow-orange, developing rusty stains when aged. Spore print rusty orange.NB: Unsure of id., but suggested by Tom May from photo. Police Paddocks, Churchill N.P.,2003. 38 kB
Gymnopilus ferruginosus, (previously called G. penetrans), is a wood-rotting fungus on well-rotted logs in eucalypt forests. Cap to 70 mm, golden brown, convex, dry with darker fibrillose scales, margin distinctly paler mustard yellow. Gills initially cream, then dull gold; spore print yellowish brown. Stem brownish orange, no ring. NZ Landcare ref Kaimai Bush ref Mortimer Picnic Ground, Bunyip State Forest, May, 2010.
Gymnopilus junonius "Spectacular Rustgill", found worldwide, variable. Some varieties contain hallucinogenic psilocybin, hence alt. name "Laughing Jim". Common as striking clumps on rotting wood. Caps as wide as 400 mm (!) but mostly to about 150 mm, orange brown, scaly-fibrillose, initially hemispherical, opening to flattened with irregular edges. Gills close, yellow-orange; spore print rusty brown. Stem fibrillose-scaly, sturdy, swollen near base (esp. when young), with small ring; orange colour lighter above ring than below. Wikipedia ref Mushroom Expert ref Devilbend Reservoir, Mornington Peninsula, 2008. 49 kB
Hebeloma aminophilum "Ghoul Fungus", found on and around decaying carcasses and bones, and urine-soiled soil; only in southern Australia. Singly or in groups; uncommon. Cap to 100 mm, sticky at first or when wet, cream to pink-brown, opening flat with shallow umbo. Gills pink-brown, and spore print dull pink-brown. Stem white, finely fibrillose, no ring. Fungimap ref Doctor's Creek walking track, Reefton, 2007. 44 kB
Hebeloma crustuliniforme "Poison Pie", is an introduced mycorrhizal fungal species associated with introduced deciduous trees, especially pines; gregarious. NB: It has a radish-like odour, and is somewhat POISONOUS, causing nausea and vomiting. Caps to more than 80 mm, viscid when young, smooth when dry, whitish to buff, darker in centre; flattens when older, edges slightly inrolled. Gills whitis then brown as spores mature; spore print dull brown. Stem sturdy, off white, no ring, can bulge at base. ANBG image Wikipedia ref Eco Tourism track, Sanatorium Picnic Ground, Mt Macedon, 2008. 49 kB
Helvella villosa, also called H. chinensis and H. fibrosa. An uncommon soil ascomycete found world-wide (?). Top to 25 mm, brownish-grey, upper surface smooth, lower surface and long stem covered with short grey hairs. On soil associated with Nothofagus forest, sometimes eucalypts. Blue Swami ref Mushroom Expert ref Sydney Fungal Studies ref Melba Gully, Otway Ranges, May, 2010.
Hemitrichia calyculata (?), one of the many non-fungal slime moulds, or Myxomycota, earlier called Myxomycetes, now apparently Myxogastria. Mushroom Observer ref Pedro Koch image Coranderrk Bushland, Healesville, 2010.
Hericium coralloides, "Coral Tooth" is an uncommon, delightfully beautiful coral fungus found on rotting wood such as logs stumps, etc. in the very damp forest, especially on Nothofagus. It is found world-wide, and has delicate, creamy-white spines hanging evenly and comb-like along stems branching from a central point, the diameter being 300 mm or more. Spore print white. Mushroom Expert ref Wikipedia ref Morel Mushroom Hunting ref Melba Gully, Otway Ranges, April, 2010.
Heterotextus miltinus, "Golden Jelly Bells", is found widely on rotting logs and twigs in wet forest, worldwide. Fruit bodies grow to 10 mm across, bell-shaped and with a jelly-like constitution, in shades of pale yellow to bright yellow, ageing or drying to orange-red. The bell is inverted, narrowing to a tiny central stalk. When dry, it is reconstituted by moisture to its original shape. NB: A closely related species, Heterotextus peziziformis, grows to about 5 mm, and differs microscopically. Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2007. 42 kB
Heterotextus miltinus - see previous. This one is smaller and slightly different in appearance: it could be a a different Heterotextus species, or even a Calocera species of jelly fungus. Dom Dom Saddle, 2007. 51 kB
Hydnellum sp.. Hydnellum species are world-wide mycorrhizal toothed fungi growing as rosettes on the leaf litter. This one was near eucalypts, and resembles Fuhrer's no. 373, Hydnellum auratile. The brown and chestnut tinged, tough, thin rosettes are radially and concentrically ridged, sometimes fused together. The underside is finely toothed with brownish teeth; spore print said to be brown. The stem is tough and darker brown. It resembles Phellodon niger, but is browner. It also resembles Coltricia cinnamomea, but is darker, without a rusty-brown, satin-hairy cap. Mortimer Picnic Ground, Bunyip State Forest, June, 2010.
Hydnum repandum, "Wood Hedgehog", is common, worldwide, and in Australia grows singly or in groups on leaf litter in woodlands or forests, especially Eucalyptus and Nothofagus . It has small, soft spines underneath the cap, instead of gills, from which the spores disperse; spore print white. The cap is up to 100 mm, convex, irregularly contorted or even depressed; sometimes several caps are fused together. The flesh is brittle, and the cap colours are cream to apricot or ochre, staining orange with bruising. The spines are cream and finely pointed and may extend a little way down the stem, which is white with no ring. Wikipedia ref Mushroom Expert ref Jack Cann Reserve, Blackwood, 2010. 54 kB
Hydnum repandum - see previous. Close-up of soft spore-bearing spine structure underneath cap. Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2007.
Hygrocybe austropratensis (?) is a rare mushroom of the Hygrocybe (Waxcap) genus. Although this specimen was named as such by expert friends on the day, it may well be misidentified, because it seems to be restricted to certain isolated locations, not including Ned's Gully. But this very pale specimen looks like Fuhrer's picture 110a. Wikipedia ref Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2006. 38 kB
Hygrocybe chromolimonea "Lemon Waxcap", grows amongst leaf litter and moss in wet forest. Probably uniquely Australian. Viscid to greasy in texture, the cap (to 20 mm or so) is bright chrome yellow at first and fades to pale lemon, with a dimple at first, ageing to a shallow depression as the cap flattens out; the margin is scalloped. The gills are distant and decurrent; spore print white. The stem is sturdy and viscid with no ring, often tapering towards the base. Webshots ref Ned's Gully, Cathedral Range, 2005. 72 kB
Hygrocybe lewellinae (also called Humidicutis lewellinae), "Mauve Splitting Waxcap", is fairly common in forests and coastal heaths of SE Australia on soil and among moss; it is a wood-rotting fungus (saprotrophic). Caps to 65 mm, conical to flat, characteristically splitting radially. Colour mid-mauve, with a pointed sometimes greyish umbo, rather delicate, but not sticky. Gills mauve, waxy, not decurrent; spores white. Stem sturdy, polished, with horizontal bands of colour variation, perhaps tinged yellow at the base. Wikipedia ref (note name modification) Redbubble ref Baldry Crossing, Green's Bush, 2008. 28 kB
