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Pale Brittlestem

Psathyrella candolleana

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

With caps about 40mm wide, these mushrooms were growing in a clump. they started with gold tops which had remnants of a universal veil (?). The caps were fully open the next day, looking a pale off-white colour with caramel rings ( hygrophanous) and broad and slightly flattened umbo. The stipe was long, hollow, white and covered with soft scales. No ring seen. Gills were close and pink.
Spores were a dark brown

Habitat:

Growing on leaf mulch
Distribution in Australia:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d6c8f1…

Notes:

First mushrooms I have spotted this season. Very short life - the pics were taken over two days.

Thanks to argybee for the ID and gully.moy for confirmation and information on its healing properties
http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/psathyrella-candolleana.html
This species has several synonyms

Species ID Suggestions

Pale brittlestem

Psathyrella candolleana

Comments (2)

Thank you very much argybee and gully.moy. The description fits and the information on its anti-cancer properties is interesting !
I agree. Apparently it's a powerful cancer fighting mushroom! I'm not confident enough to tell you to eat it though. http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/psathyrella-candolleana.html

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