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Leratiomyces ceres
A huge carpet of these, some in dense clusters, the largest being 100mm tall. Most were still enclosed in a veil. Very scaly white stipes. Brick red caps with a dry but slightly waxy feel. Gills were buff coloured or with a yellowish tint and close but simple.
Under a mix of tall pines and eucalyptus but also within short grass.
Until recently Leratiomyces ceres was known as Stropharia aurantiaca, and previously Hypholoma aurantiaca. Not often in clusters... but here's more http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zKDjcLXZBTI/TE... http://australianfungi.blogspot.com.au/2...
Spotted on Jun 12, 2013
Submitted on Jun 18, 2013
12 Comments
Thanks CV, Luis, Adarsha. Although a common fungus I thought these looked better than most.
Ohhoi :) Very nice spotting Mark :)
Great find Mark!
:) I only know some of the mushrooms in Europe, if they look alike they might be in the same family. This is why I wrote you and didn't suggest an ID.
@Vlad - no records of S ambigua in Australia unfortunately. (same old story) At least Stropharia was good... except they just keep changing names :)
Enjoy Jemma - there's so much we don't get to post though - just too many. Thanks Neil... we live right next to the Dandenong Ranges National Park. It's full of fungi after some good rain.
Gee, Mark, you're certainly the king of all things fungi. Where do you find them all? I've certainly got to look around more. Another great spotting of these amazing organisms.
identifying might be tricky though! Your Pixie Parasol is superb. Will have to carefully go thru yours and Leuba's collection. Now that we have summer break!
Jemma thanks so much but although Leuba and I have now spent thousands of hours on Australian fungi I'm sure we have only just scratched the surface. It's a huge and mysterious subject. Also it's the only variable life we have at this time of year. 8-|
I think you're right with the Stropharia Vlad. I'll get back to it soon :) Thanks.
Have a look at Stropharia Ambigua, I think this is it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionabl...
These are lovely!Looks like you have had a windfall! PN has made a mycologist out of you. Congrats! Thanks for the great work.