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Agaricus sylvaticus, the Red-staining Forest Mushroom,
is a close relative of the common field mushrooms, and is edible. The blood-red stained water on the caps is striking in this photo. The specimen was growing deep in a ferntree gully. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Tarra Valley, South Gippsland, March, 2003.
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Amanita ananiceps (syn A. farinacea), has a basal volva, a white veil and raised white warts on the cap, hence the name, meaning Pineapple-Top Amanita. Colours range from pure white to grey and grey-brown. This is a young specimen. They grow on soil. Photo by Bill Leithhead, at the Police Paddocks Reserve, Endeavour Hills, Victoria, May, 2003.
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Amanita ananiceps (syn A. farinacea), shows more mature specimens than above. They grow on soil. Photo by Bill Leithhead, at the Police Paddocks Reserve, Endeavour Hills, Victoria, May, 2003.
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Amanita muscaria, the Fly Agaric, has been introduced into Australia, and is often found in pine plantations, and suburban lawns, often near birch trees. This one was on the lawn at Rawson, north of Moe, Gippsland, coinciding with the 2nd Fungimap Conference. It is often depicted in stories dealing with fairies and other folklore. However, it is quite poisonous. It grows on soil. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Rawson, Victoria, May, 2003.
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Amanita ochrophylla is one of our largest gilled fungi. It grows on soil, has a bulbous base and an obvious ring, and may have a stale ant-like aroma. Photo by Bill Leithhead, in native forest near the caravan park at Rawson, Victoria, May, 2003.
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Amauroderma rude, the Red-Staining Stalked Polypore, hard and woody, with the pored underside bruising red, has a habit of enveloping grass leaves as it grows from the soil, as seen here. The specimen on the left is old, and shows an atypical darkened, mouldy underside. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, July, 2003.
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Armillaria luteobubalina perhaps, based on the ring and the scaly stem? I've included this rather old specimen because it was the first fungi photo I took after a gap of decades. It was growing on wood, low down on a steep, ferny bank in Bulga National Park, and played merry hell with my sciatica as I balanced precariously, fending off leeches and dripping water. Oh the price we artists pay! Photo by Bill Leithhead, Bulga National Park, South Gippsland, March, 2003.
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Boletellus obscurecoccineus, sometimes called the Rhubarb bolete, is strikingly coloured amongst the leaf litter of forests and woodlands. These examples have much less colour in the stipes than those in books, but the overall appearance is characteristic. Discovered originally in Java, they occur in Australia, New Guinea, Borneo, Japan and Africa. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Dandenong, June, 2003.
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Boletellus obscurecoccineus, as the previous example, also on Mt Dandenong, overlooking Melbourne, right behind the TV transmission towers. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Mt Dandenong, June, 2003.
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This is a Boletus, unknown species, but it shows blue staining where the cap and pored underside have been bruised, typical of many species of boletes. This was growing in the grass just inside the entrance to the caravan park at the hamlet of Rawson, southeast of Mt Bawbaw. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Rawson, north of Moe, Victoria, May, 2003.
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The serried ranks of little (3-8 mm) yellow-orange simple or branched jelly-like clubs of Calocera species are common on rotting logs in forests all around the world. These were in the Dandenong Ranges, just east of Melbourne. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, July, 2003.
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Clitocybe clitocyboides, a funnel-capped fungus with striate cap margins and decurrent gills. I rather like the look of these fungi, with their "infundibuliform" caps. Photo by Bill Leithhead, at the Police Paddocks Reserve, Endeavour Hills, Melbourne, May, 2003.
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At first glance this looks like Clitocybe clitocyboides, as above, but it could be the related Clitocybe semiocculta or another species. Unfortunately I didn't collect it, but left it in place. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges, July, 2003.
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This cute little specimen might be Clitocybe clitocyboides, but I'm not sure, as I didn't collect it. By the time I lay sideways full-length in the wet leaf litter with my specs fogging up, the sun flickering throgh clouds and branches, and my grip weakening as my sciatica went into spasms, I'd had enough. That'll teach me to try hand-holding the camera! Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, July, 2003.
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This little troop of Coprinus atramentarius was growing in a recently-composted garden bed near the kiosk at this popular tourist spot near Melbourne. These fungi spread their spores by the gills undergoing autodigestion starting at the margins, as can be seen. They are common in gardens, and are quite edible, but cause an unpleasant reaction with alcoholic drinks. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Grant's Reserve, Sherbrooke Forest, April, 2003.
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Hordes of these tiny dusky-yellowish brown capped Coprinus disseminatus came up on my front lawn. They are quite common, with their striated caps, and I laid them on the scanner glass. Makes a bit of a mess, and not all that good, but included for interest! Scanned by Bill Leithhead, Glen Waverley, Melbourne, May, 2003.
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Coprinus disseminatus, as above, growing in my front lawn, scanned directly in on the glass. Scanned by Bill Leithhead, Glen Waverley, Melbourne, May, 2003.
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This handsome Cortinarius species was growing in the grass at the Police Paddocks, southeast of Melbourne (the area was once used for training police horses). It resembles a Cortinarius with its fibrillose veil remnants on the stipe, and a brown spore-print, but I can't match the cap and stalk colours from the books. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Police Paddocks, Endeavour Hills, May, 2003.
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Almost unmistakable, Dermocybe austraveneta (syn Cortinarius austrovenetus) is a delight to find, with its dryish caps ranging in colour from bright yellow-green to dark blue-green, contrasting with the yellow gills. It grows on the soil. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Police Paddocks, Endeavour Hills, May, 2003.
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Like midget ping-pong bats, Dictyopanus pusillus forms serried ranks of perfect biscuit-coloured little polopore brackets with a lateral stalk and some concentric darker coloured zones. The tiny white pores underneath release the white spores constantly. Photo by Bill Leithhead, Sherbrooke Forest, July, 2003.
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