Yellow Flowerpot Parasol

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

Description:

Pale yellow agaric mushrooms. Caps covered with scales. Long stipes with fine scales and ring. Fine gills, pale and closely spaced.

Habitat:

My backyard. Growing in the soil of a pot plant which contains a Grevillea. Soil would be native plant mix. It's very humid at present after a week of heavy rain.

Notes:

I've not seen fungi like this in my yard before. I'll keep an eye on them over the next few days to see how the develop. Day 2 and the caps have spread, some very flat with edges curling upwards exposing the gills. Fine yellow scales have become dark and crusty. Gills fine, mostly white.

1 Species ID Suggestions

RandyL. 10 years ago

Flowerpot Parasol

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

5 Comments

Neil Ross 10 years ago

Here's a link to the QLD mushroom folk - http://qldfungi.org.au/resources-2/garde...

Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Good one. I didn't know this was in Aus.

Neil Ross 10 years ago

Thanks for the ID, Randy. I reckon it's spot-on :-)

Neil Ross 10 years ago

Thanks, Mark. Will check on them daily. I feel really guilty about uprooting and manhandling them, as it were. I want them to live long and happy mushroom lives. I'm such a softy. I love their colour.

Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Looking forward to your updates. Not coprinellus (ring on stipe) - that plus partial veil remnants on cap suggests an agaric sp. to me. Gills tomorrow :-)