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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 ??
Spotted growing amongst grass in a deep damp gully off a suburban road.
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.
Spotted on Jun 11, 2012
Submitted on Jun 11, 2012
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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.