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Photo by Neil Ross
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Field Notes

Description:

White agaric fungi, possibly Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus)? Very soft and rubbery, and all caps sagging around edges. Diameter approx. 6-8cms. Caps have off-white skin, but flesh completely white. Gills run all the way to base and quite translucent in places with yellowish hue. Signs of feeding on caps, but no snails, slugs, or beetles that I could see. Only four well-spaced specimens found at this spotting, whereas at my other spotting of Oyster Mushrooms, specimens were numerous and closely positioned. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37054025

Habitat:

Found on a well-shaded tree trunk, along with moss and lichen. Ravensbourne National Park, at an elevation above 500 mtrs. Dense foliage and canopy, mostly native trees that I could see. Lots of leaf litter and quite damp due to recent rains or thick mist.

Notes:

http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/ravensbourne/about.html http://qldfungi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/RavensbourneForay17Ju…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
Mark Ridgway
Yep 'Death Cap' mistakes are about food not flight I believe. L and I find our fungi ID's really hard too but if you put them up unknown then maybe a year later you go 'Wow I know that one !!'
Neil Ross
Thanks, Stephen. I've got quite a few unknown fungi spottings, so I'll post them on mushroomexpert.com They'll have a pretty good idea, although sometimes they do squabble amongst themselves. I love spotting mushrooms, but each time I know they're going to be a chore to ID. It's never a simple matter.
StephenSolomons
I may have got it wrong Neil but it sounds as though they look like a Chinese medicine or edible mushroom that Chinese eat rather than the hallucinogenic ones
Neil Ross
Thanks Mark and Stephen. Death cap season, eh? If people are silly enough to eat them to get that ultimate high, well, what can I say. I've never had mushrooms that can get me 'off my face', but then I've never needed to. My life isn't that boring.
StephenSolomons
Worth a mention in light of what Mark just said. Canberra is warning fungi eaters that it is Death Cap season
Mark Ridgway
And it's worth keeping in mind that Oz has only ID'd 8% of it's own. Plus many invaders are complicating the scene.
Neil Ross
Yeah I'm going to hit them all at once, Mark. Got quite a few 'unknown' fungi spottings, but that's usually the way. I think I've finally learned never to make assumptions, particularly with fungus. Cheeky impish little things they are :-)
Mark Ridgway
I can see why you're cautious with this. Maybe another one for the mushroom 'experts'.

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Mushroom Mapping
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Wilds of South-East Queensland

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PublishedMarch 19, 2014

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