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Cortinarius austrovenetus
Beautiful green -capped fungi about 50 mm wide (mature caps). The emerging fruiting bodies had rounded green caps with a pale cream cortina running from the cap margin to the stipe (pic 3). Pics 1 & 2 show a clump of young mushrooms with cracked green skins and dark blue-green centres. The flesh and gills were a rich cream as was the stipe. In mature mushrooms, remnants of the cortina could be seen as wispy structures on the stipe with stains from tan spores ( pic 5).
Forest floor - eucalytpus forest. Near Cardinia Reservoir
Like many other mushrooms in the area, the caps appeared cracked from lack of moisture. Also labelled as Dermocybe austroveneta
Spotted on Jun 21, 2015
Submitted on Jun 22, 2015
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