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Scurfy Twiglet
Tubaria furfuracea
-37.9384, 145.263
Field Notes
Description:
Flat creamish brown caps about 30 mm wide. Gills were a tan colour, free and toothed near margin. Some forking seen. The stipe was slender with a white bloom. It showed some brown staining - ?spores.
In the upper third of the stipe was a narrow ledge-like ring with soft fibres above it trapping brown spores ( pic #3).
Spore print - light brown
Habitat:
Spotted growing under casuarina trees by a walking track in a nature reserve.
Notes:
An introduced species. The caps are said to start of yellowish-brown, they faded to a pale yellow as they age.
Reference Links:
Tubaria furfuracea - Wikipedia
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PublishedJune 10, 2013
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