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Beenak Long Tooth
Beenakia decostae
-37.819, 145.862
Field Notes
Description:
Small flat capped fruiting bodies with creamy ochre soft decurrent spines. Caps were about 25 mm across and stipes were about 30 mm in height with short spines half way down their length.
Habitat:
Growing in dry wooden debris under a massive rotting eucalyptus log.
Notes:
Much smaller than I expected but a delight to see. This species is uncommon and is easily confused with a slightly larger more common wood hedgehog (Hydnum repandum) <br> Microscopic features reveal a relationship to Ramaria, a coral fungus. <br> order: Gomphales <br>
family : Clavariadelphaceae
Reference Links:
Beenakia dacostae | Atlas of Living Australia
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PublishedJuly 2, 2020
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