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Tricholoma sp.
This apparently solitary mushroom had a cap about 60 mm wide with a thin brown surface. The cap had a central depression and a deep split in the middle. Gills were cream coloured with brown mottling. There were two thick white stipes which were fused at the top where the notched gills were attached - an unusual feature.
Spotted under a giant Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus tree) in a damp eucalyptus forest.
The caps might have fused very early in development ??
Spotted on Apr 12, 2015
Submitted on Apr 13, 2015
9 Comments
Thanks Neil & Jae.
Yes, a very interesting specimen. Well spotted, Leuba.
Conjoined twins :) Thank you for sharing this peculiar spotting, Leuba.
I have read about the "rosecomb"deformity in Tricholoma sp.I thought that was so interesting when gills grow below the cap and above the cap to!Talk about wierd mushrooms!
Thanks Hema. This is in a national park (wild) so pesticides (and other factors applicable to commercial agarics) don't count. Still, could be any number of reasons...I couldn't find any accessible literature for deformities in wild mushrooms and specific to Trichlolomataceae.
Split personality.
according to this website,these are the factors which contribute to abnormalaties.
• low-quality, degenerating strain;
• excessive level CO2, imbalanced climatic conditions;
• Mycogone or Verticillium diseases;
• The effect of a great amount of pesticides and other chemicals.
http://en.agaricus.ru/cultivation/diseas...
http://en.agaricus.ru/cultivation/diseas...
interesting indeed!