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Pale Brittlestem

Psathyrella candolleana

Description:

About 50mm tall and 35mm wide; almost translucent on top, white with some indication of gills; pale gills fairly free; dark spores; pileus flat to slightly domed; stipe narrow, smooth, white.

Habitat:

Shaded tall damp eucy forest.

Notes:

Today is the first fungi spotting of this autumn. ALA has this as not recorded in Australia but many records appear on the map !? http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:c... best similarity at http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Psathy...

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5 Comments

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

They do vary in colour and general appearance a lot but I'm not 100% either. Supposedly they fight cancer pretty well though :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks gully.moy - I'm not 100% on candolleana but it's good for now.

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

Perhaps Psathyrella candolleana? Looks like a Psathyrella...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Exactly Lipase :) One more good rain...

Lipase
Lipase 10 years ago

...It begins! :-l

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 5, 2013
Submitted on Apr 5, 2013

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