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Brittlestem

Psathyrella sp.

Description:

About 60mm across. White caps spilt into brown eges around margin; slight umbo; ring near base on stipe; brown spores?

Habitat:

In grasses under small eucalyptus in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Possibly Psathyrella candolleana which is on record in this area http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn... .
phylum: Basidiomycota
class: Agaricomycetes
order: Agaricales
family: Psathyrellaceae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/PSATHYRELL...

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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Thanks GM. That looks a good call.

gully.moy
gully.moy 9 years ago

Psathyrella candolleana perhaps.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 27, 2014
Submitted on Apr 29, 2014

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