Omphalotus nidiformis
Ghost Fungus at Bawley Point, NSW
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| Omphalotus nidiformis | 8 Jul 2019 | Pam | ||
| Unverified | 7 Jul 2019 | GLemann |
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User's notes
Largest one about 16cm across.
4 comments
Pam
wrote:
9 Jul 2019
This is the second sighting of this luminous fungus in the last week or so. It seems to have been an unusually long season for this species. Did you get a chance to see it at night when it was 'glowing', a character that has given it the common name of 'ghost fungus'?!
Pam
wrote:
11 Jul 2019
That's great. It's worth rugging up and going out in the dark................!
Location information
- Coordinates 150.389607-35.499915
- Places Bawley Point, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 7 Jul 2019 10:36 AM Recorded on
- GLemann Recorded by
Collections
- GLemann South Coast NatureMapr Omphalotus nidiformis Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi
Species information
- Omphalotus nidiformis Scientific name
- Ghost Fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1509m Recorded at altitude