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Psathyrella sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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-37.8565, 145.322

Field Notes

Description:

About 60mm across. White caps spilt into brown eges around margin; slight umbo; ring near base on stipe; brown spores?

Habitat:

In grasses under small eucalyptus in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Possibly Psathyrella candolleana which is on record in this area http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon… . <br>
phylum: Basidiomycota <br>
class: Agaricomycetes <br>
order: Agaricales <br>
family: Psathyrellaceae <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/PSATHYRELLA+CANDOLLEANA#

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