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bright orange mushroom

Laccaria sp

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Small mushrooms with caps that were deep orange in the centre and became paler towards the margin. The stipes were paler near the cap and a graduated orange towards the base. Gills were thick and waxy with a pink or flesh colour to them.

Habitat:

Damp eucalyptus forest. These mushrooms were growing in damp leaf litter under eucalyptus trees.

Reference Links:

TrekNature | Laccaria sp. Photo

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Comments (3)
MartinL
I understand that mushrooms are only the fruiting body and eating them is like eating apples (the right ones of course) - the tree is still growing and okay.
Leuba Ridgway
Thanks Anurag - I love mushrooms too; to eat ( the right ones of course) and to look at. They are so varied and so beautiful aren't they?
Anurag
Great spotting! Nice mushroom!, ate some for lunch today. Hope it doesn't mind.

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PublishedMarch 22, 2012

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