Help with Mushroom ID

[duffman]

Hey everyone,

Went for a hunt last week in some bushland northwest of sydney and found a whole bunch of these growing out of the base of australian pines. Most of them had a bluish but more purple/grey bruising. The gills were really white and I got a spore print from 3 seperate mushrooms and they all came out white, so not subs. Any Ideas?

[Lord Mayonnaise]

Looks like Omphalotus nidiformis.

[duffman]

Looks like Omphalotus nidiformis.

 

Aaahh yes thanks lord mayo, they were definately omphalotus nidiformus. Reaserched them and everything matches up to a tee, thanks heaps

Are these mushrooms ever confused with subs for people that arent very experienced in the field? i think the blueish bruising is very deceptive, i wasnt aware that there were many speices that did this?

[Distracted]

I've never seen them before this week and i've seen three different people ask for IDs.

Cool mushroom.

[∂an]

I think these are Omphalotus nidiformis, photographed in Tasmania.

[Lord Mayonnaise]

I've seen a few ID requests on the shroomery where people thought they've struck gold with those mushrooms. I wonder how bright your puke would glow..

Some Cortinarius species are bluish/purplish in colour which often confuses people. A popular example is Cortinarius rotundisporus which is bluish in colour but does not bruise blue, there's a difference.

Other blue brusing mushrooms to note are Phylloporus clelandii and some Boletes but they look nothing like subs.