On the ground, in litter, mulch and wood chips. One of two white cage-like species which resemble a soccer ball with the panels punched out. Broad, white, transversely-wrinkled arms do not widen where they join. A slimy, brown, smelly spore mass coats the insi...
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Hypocreopsis amplectens – Tea-tree Fingers
On dead and living branches of tea-tree, paperbark and banksia in long-unburnt coastal stands in Victoria. This firm-textured, brown, irregularly shaped species forms a raised mass which clasps dead branches with light brown, finger-like lobes. Generously spon...
Mycena leaiana – Orange-gilled Bonnet
(Australian records are as Mycena leaiana var. australis) On rotting wood in wet forests and woodlands. This bonnet is immediately identified by its orange gills edged with a deep orange glutinous thread. The cap is orange to orange-brown and the stem orange. ...
Hebeloma aminophilum group – Ghoul Fungus
Hebeloma aminophilum group includes Hebeloma aminophilum f. hygrosarx, Hebeloma kammala, Hebeloma lacteocoffeatum, Hebeloma nothofagetorum, Hebeloma youngii. (Synonym Hebeloma westraliensis) On and around decaying vertebrate carcasses and bones, but also fruit...
Gymnopilus junonius – Spectacular Rustgill
(Synonym Gymnopilus pampeanus) On dead wood of a variety of tree species. This large fungus usually forms spectacular golden-brown clumps. It has gold caps, gold stems with a high ring, yellow to brown gills and rusty-brown spores. Generously sponsored by Bett...