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Paxillus involutus
Paxillus involutus
-37.8742, 145.348
Field Notes
Description:
A large funnel shaped fungi with a considerable pool of water in it. Rolled margin.. densely packed and highly decurrent gills (shrinking back with age?) No signs of forking or crossing in the gills? About 150mm across.
Habitat:
Under mostly exotic trees in a local nature reserve adjoining a national park.
Notes:
Paxillus involutus is also called 'Poison Pax' 'Brown Roll-rim' and 'Common Roll-rim' <br>
Introduced to Australia and New Zealand. <br> Features to distinguish this from the indigenous 'Austropaxillus' are the tightly rolled rim and the lack of forking of the gills. <br>
phylum: Basidiomycota <br>
class: Agaricomycetes <br>
order: Boletales <br>
family: Paxillaceae <br>
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Photographed
PublishedApril 29, 2014
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