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Lacrymaria sp.
Largest ones about 90mm across and 90mm tall. Flat, furry, dark brown caps with dark chocolate brown gills on a thin, brittle hollw brown stipe. Mycelium showing around the base. No signs of annulus or veils. Dark spores?
In a short grass clearing surrounded by mostly eucalyptus. A local nature reserve.
"Weeping widow" Lacrymaria lacrymabunda possibly introduced. Possibly Lacrymaria velutipes. Confusion exists down-under in Australia. http://naturewatch.org.nz/taxa/50190-Lac...
phylum: Basidiomycota
subphylum: Agaricomycotina
class: Agaricomycetes
subclass: Agaricomycetidae
order: Agaricales
family: Psathyrellaceae
Spotted on Apr 24, 2014
Submitted on Apr 26, 2014
8 Comments
Thanks MM. Checking locals now...
Looks like Lacrymaria indeed!
Thanks RandyL. I'll check that out tomorrow.
The mottled gills and the somewhat fuzzy cap point to Lacrymaria, not sure which species you get in Australia though.
Thanks, Mark. Very creepy. Great shots.
Two conjoined? stipes as they go to ground with mycelia exposed. Yes these are something I haven't seen before.. so flat so furry.
I can't quite make out what it is I'm looking at in the last photo. Help :-/
Cool spotting, Mark. I don't think I've ever seen one with a furry cap before. Very nice.