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Conchomyces bursiformis
An eerie grey glow and an incredibly smooth, velvety top. A short, eccentric stipe and very white, adnexed white gills. About 50mm across. A very attractive young caps.
Growing from moss covered branch in a tall eucalyptus rain forest in a national park.
Also called C bursaeformis. Only two species in this genus. Fuhrer says these differ from Crepidotus in having white gills and spores. Young caps are grey becoming pale fawn later.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/3d007674-3...
order: Agaricales
family: Tricholomataceae
genus: Conchomyces
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/d599af32-f...
Spotted on Apr 27, 2014
Submitted on Apr 28, 2014
6 Comments
Thanks jae and Reza.
Awesome !
Nice one!
I thought that a few leeches every now and then was good for the health... And they are also interesting creatures! :)
Thanks Tiz. It wasn't about the surface reacting to the flash either. It looked like this to the naked eye. It really made me want to climb in to touch it.... but then I saw the leeches 8-(
I have to agree to your notes. It almost looks a bit unreal in its smoothness and the way its is shaded. Super!