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Ghost fungus
Omphalotus nidiformis
-36.7589, 144.283
Field Notes
Description:
Of course I thought its an edible oyster fungus but this ghost fungus is quite poisonous. It is called a ghost fungus because it glows an eerie green in the dark (bioluminescence).
http://ashdown4628.clients.cmdwebsites.com/blog/?p=191
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38624072
Habitat:
Within the Bendigo botanical gardens, growing out of an old rotting stump.
Notes:
The staff at the gardens set me straight about the fungus of mistaken identity. They refused to shake my hand when they realized I had been collecting a fungus loving beetle from the fungus. I wonder if the beetle inherits bioluminescence.
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