Red Woodchip Fungus at Quaama, NSW
Identification history
| Leratiomyces ceres | 26 Apr 2020 | Pam | ||
| Leratiomyces ceres | 26 Apr 2020 | Pam | ||
| Unverified | 25 Apr 2020 | FionaG |
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User's notes
Orange coloured fungi, darker in the centre, approx. 5 cms across. It appeared to have a patterned white edge but it is actually the top layer peeling back. Defined deep gills, motley grey and black in colour. Stalk pale coloured at the top, darkening to a motley brown colour towards the end. Standing approximately 10 cms in height.
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Pam
wrote:
26 Apr 2020
Good images and notes illustrating the distinctive characteristics of this species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.894955-36.461728
- Places Quaama, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Apr 2020 02:24 PM Recorded on
- FionaG Recorded by
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Collections
FionaG South Coast NatureMapr Leratiomyces ceres Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi
Species information
- Leratiomyces ceres Scientific name
- Red Woodchip Fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1398.1m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Hypholoma aurantiacum Stropharia aurantiaca Hypholoma aurantiacum, Stropharia aurantiacum