![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730236/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730230/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730225/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730224/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730223/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730220/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Jun 2026 by ConBoekel")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Fadden, ACT - Yesterday by thecbrgardener](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730190/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Fadden, ACT - Yesterday by thecbrgardener")
![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Whitlam, ACT - Yesterday by Jennybach](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4730183/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Whitlam, ACT - Yesterday by Jennybach")
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Nice group of photos, which show the various stages - just bulging and soon to break open from the wood; breaking open; with the red 'egg' awaiting ejection; egg already ejected and the white catapulting membrane now curved upwards.
Sphaerobolus stellatus
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- Dasyurus maculatus ssp. maculatus at Clear Range, NSW
- Austrostipa verticillata at Campbell, ACT
- Crowea exalata subsp. exalata at Chisholm, ACT
- Petauroides volans at Uriarra Village, ACT
- Myrmecophilus testaceus at Gundary, NSW
- Gleditsia triacanthos at Curtin, ACT
- Persicaria lapathifolia at Evatt, ACT
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- Paramorpha rhachias at Cook, ACT
- Bidens subalternans at Kambah, ACT
- Cyperus leptocarpus at Yarralumla, ACT
- Potamogeton perfoliatus at Krawarree, NSW
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Chapman, ACT
- Sminthopsis murina at Hackett, ACT
- Corunastylis cornuta at Captains Flat, NSW
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