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Laccaria sp.

Laccaria sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 60mm across; cap shiny, orange-red, depressed at centre, shallow domed; stipe same colour as top, thick, fibrous, opaque; gills a paler version of the orange-red, slightly decurrent, adnexed.

Habitat:

Growing from very damp soil with all sorts of forest debris. Several within the immediate area but not close together. In eucalyptus rain forest in national park.

Notes:

Still hoping for a species ID...

Reference Links:

Laccaria, The Genus Laccaria (MushroomExpert.Com)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
gully.moy
It also brings Laccaria to mind for me

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Beauty of Decay
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
Photographed
PublishedJune 3, 2013

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