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Field Notes

Description:

A tall mushroom with a soft but firm light olive green cap (70mm wide). The cap had a thin margin with a single deep indentation running all the way to the almost black felty centre. The surface of the cap was rough and granulose (pic # 4). The yellowish stipe was almost 1.5 times longer than the width of the cap and appeared scabrous. A partly detached flimsy whitish pendant ring was seen about a third of the way down the stipe. The base of the stipe was marginally swollen.
Gills were cream coloured and slightly decurrent.

A smaller second mushroom was spotted about a foot away from the first mushroom. The cap of this mushroom showed the beginnings of an indentation along the margin ( pic #5) - ? coincidence or is this a special feature ??

Habitat:

Spotted growing amongst grass in a deep damp gully off a suburban road.

Notes:

Absolutely beautiful and elegant-looking mushroom. The cap looked heart shaped with a beautiful olive green colour. Again, I'd love any assistance with an ID for this beauty. Thanks.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Thanks so much CorduneanuVlad...I will follow your lead and research further.
I'm not that familiar with the Australian mushrooms, but I can tell you that this mushroom belongs to the Honey mushrooms - Armillaria sp.

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