A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Armillaria sp.
Tiny mushrooms about 15mm across cap and about 25mm tall. The caps were gold coloured and very coarse to touch (like sandpaper). Very high domed. Some bugs had bitten holes through the skin on the caps showing creamy white flesh. The stipe was robust, straight and scaly white with some yellow tint. Gills white. Margin inrolled but probably due to immature growth.
On roadside against a eucalyptus power pole in suburban fringe.
This is against a heavily treated and tarred timber power pole in very rocky ground with no other plants nearby. Maybe A. luteobubalina ?
Spotted on Jun 18, 2012
Submitted on Jul 4, 2012
4 Comments
An interesting case study for southern hemisphere... http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/case-studie...
Checked Armillaria Mellea... in Australia it is most likely to be A. luteobubalina which is related but distinctly different. I don't think this thing was feeding on the timber of the power pole - they are usually treated and aged so that nothing gets into them.
Hey thanks CV. I'll check into that one soon.
They look like very young Honey Mushrooms (Armillaria Mellea)