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Paxillus involutus
A large funnel shaped fungi with a considerable pool of water in it. Rolled margin.. densely packed and highly decurrent gills (shrinking back with age?) No signs of forking or crossing in the gills? About 150mm across.
Under mostly exotic trees in a local nature reserve adjoining a national park.
Paxillus involutus is also called 'Poison Pax' 'Brown Roll-rim' and 'Common Roll-rim'
Introduced to Australia and New Zealand.
Features to distinguish this from the indigenous 'Austropaxillus' are the tightly rolled rim and the lack of forking of the gills.
phylum: Basidiomycota
class: Agaricomycetes
order: Boletales
family: Paxillaceae
Spotted on Apr 28, 2014
Submitted on Apr 29, 2014
2 Comments
Sorry I can't see the resemblance except for the funnel shape. Going with the Poison Pax.
I would have said Omphalotus is more likely.