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Psathyrella candolleana
With caps about 40mm wide, these mushrooms were growing in a clump. they started with gold tops which had remnants of a universal veil (?). The caps were fully open the next day, looking a pale off-white colour with caramel rings ( hygrophanous) and broad and slightly flattened umbo. The stipe was long, hollow, white and covered with soft scales. No ring seen. Gills were close and pink. Spores were a dark brown
Growing on leaf mulch Distribution in Australia: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:c...
First mushrooms I have spotted this season. Very short life - the pics were taken over two days. Thanks to argybee for the ID and gully.moy for confirmation and information on its healing properties http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/ps... This species has several synonyms
Thank you very much argybee and gully.moy. The description fits and the information on its anti-cancer properties is interesting !
I agree. Apparently it's a powerful cancer fighting mushroom! I'm not confident enough to tell you to eat it though.
http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/ps...
Spotted on Mar 17, 2013
Submitted on Mar 17, 2013
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