Fungus sightings


Generally  you see only the spore-producing structure (or fruitbody) of a fungus, the rest being well hidden (e.g. in soil, dung or wood). On Nature Map, fungi are divided into categories (the groups and sub-groups shown on the right) based on fruitbody form. Each category name consists of a descriptive phrase and this may be followed:

           in square brackets  ]      by a colloquial name

 or     in angled brackets  >      by a technical term

 

for what you find in that category. Some examples of colloquial terms are mushroom, bolete and polypore – and these are some of the traditional groupings, that have long been used in fungal field guides aimed at the general public.

 

Why not use just the colloquial terms as category names?

Mushroom is a word that many people are familiar with but it is used in different ways. Mostly it denotes something fleshy with cap, gills and stem (and that will be the meaning in these notes) but some people add the extra condition that a mushroom must be edible (anything else is a toadstool) and some use it virtually as a synonym of fungus. Experience has shown that other traditional terms (e.g. bolete, polypore) are meaningless to people who have never read anything about fungi. The brief explanations in the category names tell users who are unfamiliar with fungi what sorts of fruiting bodies they’ll find in a given category. Note also that some groups of fungi don’t have well-established colloquial names. 

 

If you click on a category you will see an Overview for it. While the category names help, they must necessarily be short and, to get the most benefit, you should read the Overviews. An Overview may (via Hints) offer more detail about the visual or non-visual features that would help identify your sighting or give some Warnings.

 

The fungi in a given category need not be closely related and the only aim of this categorization is to help you place your sighting. Many users are likely to take photos of fungi incidentally, without necessarily studying the fungi closely, and so would need to rely on just the photograph when trying to place a sighting.  For that reason the categories rely on visual features as far as possible to make it easier for those with no knowledge about fungi. The terms in square brackets aim to help those with some knowledge of fungi  and even the more knowledgeable users may find more help within the angled brackets.

 

How to search

If you are unfamiliar with fungi it is best to start at the top of the list on the right and work your way down until you find something that describes your sighting. First are the Cap on a stem groups. In these the top of the fruitbody is sharply differentiated from a supporting stem. In some fungi the fruit body tapers gradually from a broad apex, but with no such sharp differentiation, hence no proper stem (but a pseudo-stem) and such fungi are not included. On past experience, most fungal sightings will be of mushrooms and they are in the first group.

 

Why do some genera appear in more than one category?

Long ago, fungal classification was closely tied to fruitbody form but later research showed that closely related species need not have the same fruitbody form. Mostly, all species in a genus have the same form of fruitbody but there are exceptions. As an example, look at these two: Schizophyllum amplum  and Schizpophylum commune .

 

This means that in any categorization based only on macroscopic features there will inevitably be cases where all the species of a genus do not fit into the one category. There are a few instances where it is more sensible to deal with slightly dissimilar fruitbody types together and so though your sighting has a fruitbody that should be in category X, a note there will direct you to category Y.

 

Use of formal taxonomic categories (e.g. genera, families or orders) would avoid the splitting of genera but such categories would not be easy for a non-expert to use since many such categories rely on microscopic features. Also, dissimilar fruitbodies may be grouped together (as Schizophyllum shows) and two species, with fruitbodies of similar form, may fall into different taxonomic categories.

 

Warnings

The grouping is based on mature fruitbodies and immature fruitbodies may look different.

Many fungi are not identifiable from photos, no matter how good.

With age frutibodies may become tattered, dowdy and unidentifiable from a photo.

 

More information

For more about fungi in general see: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/index.html  

     .....For more about fruitbody types see: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/types-of-fungi.html  

     .....For more about macroscopic features see: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/macroscopic.html



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Geastrum sp. (Geastrum sp.) at Garran, ACT - 27 Aug 2021 by Tapirlord
Geoglossum (Earth tongue) at Aranda, ACT - 27 Aug 2021 by MattFox
Nidula sp. (A bird's nest fungus) at Denman Prospect, ACT - 27 Aug 2021 by RobG1
Mollisa at Cook, ACT - 25 Aug 2021 by Heino1
Trametes sp. at East Albury, NSW - 25 Aug 2021 by Darcy
Geastrum tenuipes (An earthstar) at Kambah, ACT - 23 Aug 2021 by MatthewFrawley
Trametes (old Pycnoporus sp.) (Scarlet Bracket) at Evans Head, NSW - 23 Aug 2021 by Claw055
Aleuria sp. (genus) (An Orange peel fungus) at Denman Prospect, ACT - 21 Aug 2021 by RobG1
Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Macquarie, ACT - 20 Aug 2021 by Dora
Rhodofomitopsis lilacinogilva complex (Lilac Shelf Fungus) at Thurgoona, NSW - 19 Aug 2021 by Darcy
Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Garran, ACT - 19 Aug 2021 by Tapirlord
Trametes (old Pycnoporus sp.) (Scarlet Bracket) at Evans Head, NSW - 16 Aug 2021 by Claw055
Hygrocybe sp. (Hygrocybe) at Cook, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by drakes
Phellinus sp. (non-resupinate) (A polypore) at Fadden, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by AnneG1
Aleurina ferruginea (Fleshy Cup Fungus) at Denman Prospect, ACT - 15 Aug 2021 by RobG1
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at Wodonga, VIC - 14 Aug 2021 by KylieWaldon
Oudemansiella gigaspora group (Rooting Shank) at Majura, ACT - 14 Aug 2021 by ChrisSouthby9691
Pisolithus sp. (Pisolithus) at Belconnen, ACT - 13 Aug 2021 by Dora
zz – ascomycetes - apothecial (Cup fungus) at Paddys River, ACT - 11 Aug 2021 by RobG1
Aleurina ferruginea (Fleshy Cup Fungus) at Bruce, ACT - 10 Aug 2021 by tpreston
Clavulina vinaceocervina (Dark-tipped Coral) at Holt, ACT - 10 Aug 2021 by MattFox
Phellinus sp. (non-resupinate) (A polypore) at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 9 Aug 2021 by AnneG1
Oudemansiella gigaspora group (Rooting Shank) at Mullion, NSW - 8 Aug 2021 by drakes
Tremella fuciformis (Snow Fungus) at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Aug 2021 by Jek
Gymnopilus sp. (Gymnopilus) at Bonython, ACT - 8 Aug 2021 by RodDeb
Panaeolus sp. (Panaeolus) at West Wodonga, VIC - 8 Aug 2021 by KylieWaldon
zz Polypore (shelf/hoof-like) at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Aug 2021 by Jek
Trametes coccinea (Scarlet Bracket) at Table Top, NSW - 7 Aug 2021 by Darcy
zz agaric (stem; gills not white/cream) at Nanima, NSW - 7 Aug 2021 by 81mv
Trametes coccinea (Scarlet Bracket) at Table Top, NSW - 7 Aug 2021 by Darcy
Geoglossum (Earth tongue) at Nanima, NSW - 7 Aug 2021 by 81mv
Geoglossum (Earth tongue) at Aranda, ACT - 5 Aug 2021 by CathB
Clavulinopsis corallinorosacea (Clavulinopsis corallinorosacea) at Paddys River, ACT - 5 Aug 2021 by AnneG1
Xylobolus illudens (Purplish Stereum) at Wirlinga, NSW - 5 Aug 2021 by Darcy
Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Paddys River, ACT - 5 Aug 2021 by AnneG1
Xylobolus illudens (Purplish Stereum) at Paddys River, ACT - 5 Aug 2021 by RobG1
zz agaric (stem; gills white/cream) at Boro, NSW - 5 Aug 2021 by Paul4K
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at Greenway, ACT - 3 Aug 2021 by AlisonMilton
Clavulinopsis amoena (Yellow club) at Acton, ACT - 3 Aug 2021 by tpreston
Omphalina s.l. at Wodonga, VIC - 1 Aug 2021 by Kyliegw
zz agaric (stem; gills not white/cream) at Wodonga, VIC - 1 Aug 2021 by KylieWaldon
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at Wodonga, VIC - 1 Aug 2021 by Kyliegw
Sooty mould at Belconnen, ACT - 1 Aug 2021 by Dora
Peziza at Deakin, ACT - 31 Jul 2021 by Tapirlord
Aleuria sp. (genus) (An Orange peel fungus) at Paddys River, ACT - 30 Jul 2021 by RobG1
Geoglossum (Earth tongue) at Paddys River, ACT - 30 Jul 2021 by RobG1
Xylobolus illudens (Purplish Stereum) at Aranda, ACT - 29 Jul 2021 by drakes
Uromycladium sp. (A gall forming rust fungus) at Isaacs, ACT - 29 Jul 2021 by Mike
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Table Top, NSW - 27 Jul 2021 by Darcy
Phlebiopsis crassa (A corticioid or paint fungi) at Bruce, ACT - 27 Jul 2021 by MattFox
Peziza at O'Malley, ACT - 27 Jul 2021 by Detritivore
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Springdale Heights, NSW - 27 Jul 2021 by PaulF
Aleurina ferruginea (Fleshy Cup Fungus) at Bruce, ACT - 27 Jul 2021 by tpreston
zz agaric (stem; gills white/cream) at Bruce, ACT - 27 Jul 2021 by trevorpreston
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill Fungus) at Acton, ACT - 26 Jul 2021 by Christine
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Majura, ACT - 25 Jul 2021 by WalterEgo
Hexagonia vesparia (Wasp Nest Polypore) at Belconnen, ACT - 25 Jul 2021 by Nikki
Calocera sp. (A stagshorn fungus) at Belconnen, ACT - 25 Jul 2021 by Nikki
Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacryopinax spathularia) at Belconnen, ACT - 25 Jul 2021 by Nikki
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Acton, ACT - 24 Jul 2021 by NedJohnston
Inonotus s.l. (A polypore ) at O'Malley, ACT - 24 Jul 2021 by Tapirlord
Cortinarius sp. (Cortinarius) at Downer, ACT - 23 Jul 2021 by TimL
Scleroderma sp. (Scleroderma) at Bruce, ACT - 22 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Mucorales (Pin moulds) at Bruce, ACT - 22 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Cortinarius sp. (Cortinarius) at Bruce, ACT - 22 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Xylobolus illudens (Purplish Stereum) at Bruce, ACT - 22 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Clavulina sp. (A coral fungus) at Bruce, ACT - 22 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Geoglossum (Earth tongue) at Paddys River, ACT - 22 Jul 2021 by RobG1
Xylobolus illudens (Purplish Stereum) at Downer, ACT - 20 Jul 2021 by TimL
Postia pelliculosa (A wood-rotting bracket fungus) at Acton, ACT - 20 Jul 2021 by TimL
Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacryopinax spathularia) at Acton, ACT - 20 Jul 2021 by TimL
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Acton, ACT - 20 Jul 2021 by Tapirlord
Ramaria sp. (A Coral fungus) at Acton, ACT - 20 Jul 2021 by tpreston
Corticioid fungi at Acton, ACT - 20 Jul 2021 by tpreston
Phellinus sp. (non-resupinate) (A polypore) at Paddys River, ACT - 19 Jul 2021 by AnneG1
Byssomerulius corium (Netted Crust) at Paddys River, ACT - 19 Jul 2021 by AnneG1
Coltricia sp. at Paddys River, ACT - 19 Jul 2021 by AnneG1
Phaeohelotium (Discinella terrestris aggregate) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 19 Jul 2021 by RogerH
Cortinarius sinapicolor (Slimy Yellow Cortinar) at Holt, ACT - 19 Jul 2021 by drakes
Laetiporus portentosus (White Punk) at Aranda, ACT - 19 Jul 2021 by drakes
Ramaria sp. (A Coral fungus) at Holt, ACT - 18 Jul 2021 by drakes
Corticioid fungi at Murrumbateman, NSW - 18 Jul 2021 by SimoneC
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Castle Creek, VIC - 18 Jul 2021 by KylieWaldon
Cortinarius austrovenetus (Green Skinhead) at Fadden, ACT - 17 Jul 2021 by AnneG1
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Fadden, ACT - 17 Jul 2021 by AnneG1
Mycena sp. (Mycena) at Cook, ACT - 16 Jul 2021 by drakes
Phellinus sp. (non-resupinate) (A polypore) at Boro, NSW - 13 Jul 2021 by Paul4K
zz agaric (stem; gills not white/cream) at Boro, NSW - 13 Jul 2021 by Paul4K
Cortinarius sp. (Cortinarius) at Acton, ACT - 13 Jul 2021 by tpreston
zz agaric (stem; gills not white/cream) at Acton, ACT - 13 Jul 2021 by Tapirlord
Tremella mesenterica (Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain) at Acton, ACT - 13 Jul 2021 by Tapirlord
Phaeohelotium (Discinella terrestris aggregate) at Acton, ACT - 13 Jul 2021 by tpreston
Mycena sp. ‘grey or grey-brown caps’ at Acton, ACT - 13 Jul 2021 by tpreston
Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) at Evatt, ACT - 12 Jul 2021 by AlisonMilton
Hexagonia vesparia (Wasp Nest Polypore) at Hughes, ACT - 11 Jul 2021 by JaceWT
Tremella fuciformis (Snow Fungus) at Paddys River, ACT - 11 Jul 2021 by regeraghty
zz Polypore (shelf/hoof-like) at Boro, NSW - 11 Jul 2021 by Paul4K
Peziza at Belconnen, ACT - 11 Jul 2021 by jgiacon
Heterotextus sp. (A yellow saprophytic jelly fungi) at Bolaro, NSW - 11 Jul 2021 by DavidMcKay
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at West Wodonga, VIC - 11 Jul 2021 by Kyliegw

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