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Oh no! It's LBMs!

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G'day guys... It seems that whenever we get a bit of rain around here, the heavily mulched front yard of my place becomes LBM central. It's often really beautiful, but it's also kind of frustrating because I have no idea as to what they are. So, I defer to you. Any ideas?

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These two are the same species - I think - at different stages of maturity. These little guys are prolific, to say the least. At their biggest, I reckon they get to maybe 3 inches across the cap.

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This one shows some blueing, but I've no idea if it's anything of interest. Oh, by the way, it's a different species to the ones above. :P

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Finally, these little blokes seem to appear sporadically. I think they're kinda cute, if nothing else.

Now, if it helps my location is the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Elevation here is about 100m above sea level. Any other info you need, please let me know.

My mycology experience is zero... I'm more of a cacti bloke.

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#3 is Psilocybe subaeruginosa. nice looking specimen.

#2 Hygrocybe sp? just a guess though, ill have a better look later

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Wow - blueing is so intense on that sub it almost looks painted on! Really impressive!

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LOL you shouldn't post a pic of a sub in a thread titled oh no! itsl LBMs! ... it's like not right.

Anyway yeah the top bunch are ... hrrmmm. not sure, but judging by the wide-spaced gills and how far they're turning up, hygrocybe could be a possibiliy i guess... but they don't really look like hygrcybes to me...

third pic for sure a sub, nice blueing... wow.

and the bottom group not sure.. look a little like those reddish Psathyrellas you see around the place.

Spore prints would help if you want any of them IDd

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Thanks for the info, guys.

I suspected the sub might have been a sub, but wasn't too sure. As I said, I'm no mycologist. The blueing caught my eye, and my thoughts were "surely not... not here". :lol:

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I have a feeling the first ones could be Laccarias... Nice sub! Don't have to go far for those!! (better than a 3 hour drive.... :P )

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