bio Posted July 26, 2014 this amanita (formosa?) was found growing from a chainsawed australian rainforest native (so sorry i do not knnow the name of it) in the Byron Bay / Ballina region of Northern Rivers NSW. point is ... cane toads were living under this chunk of colonized log. do they have a symbiotic effect on ... well ... this I ask this as I have found pans growing from the bamboo burrows where the toads situate themselves. maybe I'm overthinking it LOL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
∂an Posted July 26, 2014 Let me go out on a tenuous limb... This amanita contains bufotonine, and the toads are using their connection to the acacia / psilocybe / amanita tryptamine over mind to find a hole with good feng shui. http://in-a-perfect-world.podomatic.com/entry/index/2011-01-03T05_48_35-08_00 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted July 26, 2014 This is most definitely not an Amanita but some kind of funky Pluteus. Toads like humid environments, the same as mushrooms do. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bio Posted July 26, 2014 simplest explanations tend to be the right ones huh. very much appreciated, thanks again 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted July 26, 2014 ..Toads like humid environments, the same as mushrooms do. That & the fact that cane toads are fuckin everywhere.. you never know though, perhaps they have a symbiotic effect on the existence of EVERYTHING! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wert Posted July 27, 2014 Milk the toad. Just milk the toad. Lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NSF Posted July 29, 2014 This looks like Lentinula edodes (shiitake) to me. Or at least a Lentinus. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted July 29, 2014 It looks, yeah, I thought so at first too, but the stipe and the gills are a dead giveaway that its not. Its an interesting and unusual species, Ive never seen anything quite like it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NSF Posted July 29, 2014 Tangich...please explain a little more, I'm missing something. The stype, sure, it's smooth in this specimen not rough like shiitake but the gills look a match to me. This specimen appears to have a viscid cap which shiitake do not. Basically, please explain how the gills are so vastly different. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted July 29, 2014 They are too widely spaced and lack the serated nature of Lentinus or Lentinula genera gills. I would love to see detailed pictures and spore prints tough, as I said, this is something very unusual. Seeing it on a bigger screen, I'm now pretty sure it belongs into Physalacriaceae family. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bio Posted August 17, 2014 ∂an, thankyou for that podcast, he's a local guy near me too, will seek him out and pick his brain ;)Tangich, next time I see one of these I will take a spore print. thanks heaps again,very much appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites