mutant Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) This section seriously needs a non- ID "show of your wild finds" thread, pinned I would sayoh yes it startedMacrolepiota procerahttps://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://s23.postimg.org/ebetmhy63/P1100897.jpg&key=6f010e6d4b3a9c1430b604295032dbe6808c554f7d04aec985665e1aaf95a8c0 Edited October 13, 2013 by mutant 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianDreaming Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I think these are Coprinus comatus - growing on a lawn as I walked byThese were in the bushes next to the aforementioned lawn 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yes sir they are indeed.And other ones look a lot like tuft of seemingly overripe Armillaria mellea , but I could be wrong just seeing the cap from above only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsay Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 found on side of the road. spore print pink.valvariella speciosa I believe. have not been able to identify this one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 looks a lot like a volvariella but I cannot see the volvathe second might be some Chlorophyllum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anodyne Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I found this lovely Terana caerulea on a recent rainforest walk. Apparently its common names are "cobalt crust" and "blue velvet on a stick", lol. I like the older classification - Pulcherricium caerulea, from the Latin pulcher meaning "beautiful". "Beautiful Blue" does seem to be a fitting name. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 very pretty , very few fungi have blue colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exogenesis Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) P.Cubensis was in absolute abundance locally, however the star attraction was this Calvatia craniformis which looked just like a brain in the middle of the most spiritual feeling patch of land I've ever walked.Once sliced, it was just like a sectioned brain - or even a loaf of bread, complete with butter.Edit: The pictures barely do it justice. This fungi held it's own sitting next to Mushrooms Demystified. It's a wonderful, very large specimen Edited March 10, 2014 by Exogenesis 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaguareté Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Beautiful Exogenisis. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleMenOHpee Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Some randoms from central coast nsw,bush walking this morning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichen+ Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Went for a big wander around some local spots yesterday and found all sorts of interesting things, thought I would share my finds. I'm no expert, but I do my research so I'll try to name things when I think I can:Geastrum saccatum - The Rounded EarthstarAlso, this solitary one in another area - I'm not sure if it is the same species however.Not sure about this one - possibly a Mycena viscidocruenta, At the time of photo, I failed to check for the tiny hairlike structures coming from the top of the cap (I certainly don't see any in this blurry photo) and I didn't look under the cap to look at the gills.This one looks very similar in colour and size, but I think it is a different species. Note the lack of 'grooves' on the cap (I don't know what the term is for these 'grooves'). I believe it could be Callistosporium - "dry red".My buddy found this intense one. It is clearly some form of Bolete and bruised blue very rapidly - but it doesn't seem to be "Bolete 'rapid bluer'.It could be Leccinum scabrum - a Birch bolete - as it was found near a huge crop of Amanita muscaria, funny thing is, I could see a single Birch anywhere. I couldn't even work out why the A. muscaria were in such abundance.This solitary and mutilated Amanita Muscaria was in a very different spot - I'd never seen these grow in this condition before - again, no Birch trees were near.No prizes for this one. Can be seen pretty much all year round - super pretty and always a pleasure to find.Mycena interruptaI have no idea what this is, this big slimy thing was a shock to come across and the fortunately the only one I found. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 those 2 red ones are beautiful - they could be the samelove to seeing mushrooms from such a different continent! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed240 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I found 2 nice Boletus Edulis in the Adelaide Hills yesterday. Apparently it's the only place in Australia where they grow and it's a pretty recent discovery, (I think about 4 - 5 years). All Edulis recorded so far are within an 8km radius of each other in a certain range of elevation with 3 different kinds of imported trees. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hmmmmm could be aereus and not edulis...awesome find, strange to hear they 're so rare over there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed240 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Very interesting. I haven't heard of Boletus Aereus being found here, but since there is Edulis I suppose it may have been imported here also. I see aereus is also a choice edible, which is nice to know. My specimens do look very similar to aereus...I have found another about 2 weeks ago that I also thought was boletus edulis, that was my first find of an edulis young enough to eat, that was at a different location to these 2 though. That one's cap was also slightly lighter that these 2...I did just meet with one of the mycologists who wrote the 2012 paper about boletus edulis being in the Adelaide hills and he took half of each of my specimens for microscopy so I am very keen to hear from him again with his thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed240 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Just a follow up on my find of Boletus edulis;The mycologist has just gotten back to me and confirmed he believes my 2 fruit bodies to be Edulis, he said that Aereus has never been recorded to be found in Australia and he does not believe my finds to be Aereus. My find also fell outside of the previously documented range of boletus edulis in the Adelaide hills which is the whole reason I contacted the mycologist and thought my find may have been worthy of note.Gotta say, I'm pretty damn happy with this outcome! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutant Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 B.aereus is better than edulis as it has more tight flesh than edulis.Looks very aereus, but its also youngish... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singult Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 I found this lovely Terana caerulea on a recent rainforest walk. Apparently its common names are "cobalt crust" and "blue velvet on a stick", lol. I like the older classification - Pulcherricium caerulea, from the Latin pulcher meaning "beautiful". "Beautiful Blue" does seem to be a fitting name.Terana_caerulea2.jpgTerana_caerulea1.jpgI keep coming back to these images. I would give an arm and a leg to find this on one of my hunts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anodyne Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 (edited) Alright, just because you listed it as your favourite fungus Singult... : lol:If you're interested in trying to cultivate it, I could send you a little piece to try. A finger-sized twig had fallen off that tree, which I brought home and planted in some moss. It's still alive, but not exactly thriving. I'm a bit lacking in mad fungus-cultivating skillz (not to mention the agar plates and all that jazz). The piece I've got did manage to colonise a (different kind of) neighbouring twig, so I doubt substrate is that important, but I can probably get an ID on that tree in the photo if you think it might help. I don't know about cultivating fungi so I don't know if you'll be able to get it going just from a little piece, but if you think it's doable and want to try, I'll send you a bit. Edited May 3, 2014 by Anodyne 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-RC- Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 These two looked quite pretty this morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singult Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Alright, just because you listed it as your favourite fungus Singult... : lol:If you're interested in trying to cultivate it, I could send you a little piece to try. A finger-sized twig had fallen off that tree, which I brought home and planted in some moss. It's still alive, but not exactly thriving. I'm a bit lacking in mad fungus-cultivating skillz (not to mention the agar plates and all that jazz). The piece I've got did manage to colonise a (different kind of) neighbouring twig, so I doubt substrate is that important, but I can probably get an ID on that tree in the photo if you think it might help. I don't know about cultivating fungi so I don't know if you'll be able to get it going just from a little piece, but if you think it's doable and want to try, I'll send you a bit.If you can identify the species of tree, would be great. Either way, PMing you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeti101 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Here are some from recently: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsay Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 got this a few weeks back. I don't usually these this big here or I find them to late.it was still hard as a rock. so I drop some on a agar plate, and ate the rest.now it looks like this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsay Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) these mushrooms have shown up here again, Chlorophyllum brunneum I believe.spring I found 2. this autumn I have found a least 30. they appear just outside the laneway leading up to a dairy,no more than a meter away.they start of with a nice white cap with brown scales (sorry no pic at this stage).then the back ground colour changes to a more brown.as in these 2 pics, just a day apart.the colour of this back ground colour seems to correspond with spore load.the whiter the cap the more the more spores the cap is dropping (have takenprints at several stages). so the spore load seems to drop off long before theit matures and flattens out. the print is white.the ring (annulus) is attached and the stipe stains redish brown when cut.if I have mist identified this mushroom, please let me know. this year is the first I havecome across this mushroom. there are some toxic in this group, hate to e wrong. Edited May 9, 2014 by lindsay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-RC- Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Found this in a rainforest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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