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Photo by RachaelB
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Field Notes

Description:

3 reasonably large orange mushrooms. Caps would have been about 90mm diameter.

Habitat:

Growing up the trunk of a tree.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
RachaelB
They are indeed. Well let me know if you figure out the ID. I might just peruse your spottings to find the ID's of the other fungi I found today. Sure to have more similar spottings!
Leuba Ridgway
These are stunning mushrooms - just the way they come out of the trunk. I think they might be Gymnopilus sp but need to research further.
Mark Ridgway
I just checked for CV's Pholiota in Aus... apparently 1 or 2 unreliable spottings unfortunately. Not surprising since all the weather (and spores?) goes from us to them.
RachaelB
Awesome Leuba, that is so cool! Ha ha Argy - did you gave Leuba a piggyback so she could get that shot!? Thanks for the help CorduneanuVlad, I'll have a look into that lead.
Mark Ridgway
Hey Rachael... arms not long enough for a top shot? :) Nice spotting!
CorduneanuVlad
They look like Pholiota aurivella - it's native to New Zealand so it's possible to grow in Australia also...
Leuba Ridgway
Hi Rachael, have a look at my spotting from 15 June - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11619155 What a hoot ! - glad to know they're going strong and no vandal has got to them !

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PublishedJuly 1, 2012

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