1 Macrolepiota dolichaula at Currowan, NSW
Identification history
| Amanita farinacea | 28 Mar 2019 | MarjApt | ||
| Macrolepiota dolichaula | 28 Mar 2019 | Pam | ||
| Amanita ochrophylloides | 28 Mar 2019 | MarjApt | ||
| Amanita ochrophylla | 28 Mar 2019 | MarjApt |
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User's notes
Conspicuous white mushroom, white underneath, patterned raised squares on top; long striated stem. Growing in soil. The ID is an uneducated guess.
5 comments
Pam
wrote:
29 Mar 2019
What you have are some great photos of Macrolepiota dolichaula in fabulous condition. By the time I found ours at home they were all ratty - sigh! The Amanita you have mentioned has a more buff/salmon (pale orange) colour whereas you specimen is white. You tend to find the Macrolepiota dolichaula in pastures or grassy areas. Lovely find.
MarjApt
wrote:
29 Mar 2019
Thank you very much for the identification. Sorry about all the bad guesses around Amanita! These specimens are/were all very fresh looking, occurring in grass in two patches that can be seen a long way off. I haven't walked over to photograph the second group yet.
Pam
wrote:
29 Mar 2019
You never need to apologise for 'bad guesses' because it's always great to see someone have a go. Let's face it we all do this and I find I always learn more by at least trying. This particular species is often thought by many to be an Amanita and some Amanitas have a very similar look. Amanitas tend to be more robust, not as elegant or as large and associated with trees as they are mycorrhizal. Whereas this particular Macrolepiota is a saprotrophic fungus and found in grassy areas.
Pam
wrote:
14 Apr 2019
Sorry I don't talk about edibility. There's always the chance I could say something is edible and someone could see a fungus that looks like the one I mentioned but in actual fact is something else. My only comment is there is a good range in a number of the supermarkets. Otherwise you have to collect with someone who knows absolutely what they are looking at. Sorry.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.054769-35.569451
- Altitude 100.0m
- Places Currowan, NSW
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- 24 Mar 2019 01:45 PM Recorded on
- MarjApt Recorded by
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Collections
Featured MarjApt South Coast NatureMapr Macrolepiota dolichaula Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi
Species information
- Macrolepiota dolichaula Scientific name
- Macrolepiota dolichaula Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1017.06m Recorded at altitude
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