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Lacrymaria
Lacrymaria sp.
-37.8565, 145.322
Field Notes
Description:
Largest ones about 90mm across and 90mm tall. Flat, furry, dark brown caps with dark chocolate brown gills on a thin, brittle hollw brown stipe. Mycelium showing around the base. No signs of annulus or veils. Dark spores?
Habitat:
In a short grass clearing surrounded by mostly eucalyptus. A local nature reserve.
Notes:
"Weeping widow" Lacrymaria lacrymabunda possibly introduced. Possibly Lacrymaria velutipes. Confusion exists down-under in Australia. http://naturewatch.org.nz/taxa/50190-Lacrymaria-lacrymabunda <br>
phylum: Basidiomycota <br>
subphylum: Agaricomycotina <br>
class: Agaricomycetes <br>
subclass: Agaricomycetidae <br>
order: Agaricales <br>
family: Psathyrellaceae <br>
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PublishedApril 26, 2014
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