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Primrose brittlegill
Russula sardonia
-37.8129, 145.253
Field Notes
Description:
With a flat purple pileus and continually enlarging white gills, this mushroom seems to want to turn inside out. White stipe as compared with nearby spottings
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9952568
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9875892
Other sites consider white stipe to be the same species, eg. http://www.english-country-garden.com/a/i/fungus/primrose-brittlegill-3…
Habitat:
Associated with pine trees
Notes:
NOT considered edible.
As a beginner, I welcome any corrections.
Reference Links:
Fungus in Bunyip State Park
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 22, 2012
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