![Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Paddys River, ACT - 9 Apr 2026 by SimoneS](https://cdn.naturemapr.org/api/sightings/4726136/images/1?width=300&height=300 "Unverified Cap on a stem; gills below cap [mushrooms or mushroom-like] at Paddys River, ACT - 9 Apr 2026 by SimoneS")
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NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER 2025 AND THE FUTURE OF CANBERRA NATURE MAP
Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for September 2025
Discussion
ibaird
wrote:
2 hrs ago
Yes, a better fit. A new species sighting for NatureMapr. An excellent photo.
Hednota xiphosema
HarleyB
wrote:
5 hrs ago
Hi @Mike. No problem. i will find the site this week and remove.
Asparagus asparagoides
Mike
wrote:
Yesterday
I don't know what characteristics the Herbarium used. I will put together the CoPilot comparisons and see how they compare.
Verbena bonariensis
abread111
wrote:
Yesterday
I think you are right in suggesting that previous ids were guided by what was in the ACT Census then.
I am happy to go with the botanists rather than CoPilot AI and let them decide if these are separate species or synonyms.
Probably some of the sightings on CNM under V. incompata are actually V. bonariensis, but will not be able to be distinguished now.
I am happy to go with the botanists rather than CoPilot AI and let them decide if these are separate species or synonyms.
Probably some of the sightings on CNM under V. incompata are actually V. bonariensis, but will not be able to be distinguished now.
Verbena bonariensis
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- Burhinus grallarius
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- Cenchrus longispinus at Macgregor, ACT
- Keyacris scurra at Wallaroo, NSW
- Asparagus virgatus at Mawson, ACT
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- Calyptomyrmex beccarii at Crowther, NSW
- Burhinus grallarius at Bonython, ACT
- Carpophagus banksiae at Oallen, NSW
- Parapylus bicinctus at Tolbar, NSW
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