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Armillaria luteobubalina
A tightly packed but tidy cluster of clean looking fungi with slightly domed to flat tan coloured caps, some small granules on top, about 60mm wide at most; gills dense but simple and very white; slightly notched; stems white with a definite ring one quarter of the way down; gills and stipe show some bright yellow bits - possibly spore?
On the base of a very large eucalyptus (E regnans) in tall rain forest. National park.
Unusually clean looking for armillaria which usually seem dirty to me. First described in 1978 ....."Widely distributed in southern Australia, the fungus is responsible for a disease known as Armillaria root rot, a primary cause of Eucalyptus tree death and forest dieback. It is the most pathogenic and widespread of the six Armillaria species found in Australia." - Wikipedia
7 Comments
Yes, you are on the other side of the Earth... So similar. Nice shot!
.. but yet again we have to do our own thing here 8-]
Yes it does Jared :)
Looks like Armillaria mellea.
Yes this is an attractive cluster. The annulus is interestting.
Thanks Mac. I'm so far behind with IDs but hoping this one will be easy when I get to it.
Nice series Mark