Big Sheath Mushroom at Karabar, NSW
Identification history
| Volvopluteus gloiocephalus | 28 Sep 2016 | Heino | ||
| Volvopluteus gloiocephalus | 28 Sep 2016 | Heino | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Sep 2016 | Speedsta |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
28 Sep 2016
Thanks Tiago and your girls for posting this mushroom. It is rarely recorded in the Canberra area and your posting is adding to our knowledge of its local distribution
6 comments
Heino
wrote:
28 Sep 2016
I suggest Volvopluteus gloiocephalus as a highly plausible identification of this fungus. However, there'd be stronger evidence if there were a cup-like surround to the base of the stem. I show that feature here: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/images-captions/volvariella-speciosa-0309.html. Also, that species has gills with a pinkish tint when the spores are mature.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
28 Sep 2016
Heino I looked up the Atlas of living Australia under all the names you have included in the species description notes, There are 86 Australian records with only one other record from the ACT one of yours from Reid in 1991 - is this believable?
Heino
wrote:
28 Sep 2016
Believable. I know that I see it now and then, never more than a few at a time, but must confess to just passing by, on the lookout for something of greater interest. I'd say, while it's not a rarity, it's not amongst the commonest of things that I see locally.
Speedsta
wrote:
28 Sep 2016
So happy we were able to contribute, for future reference with mushrooms, should I attempt to get a photo from the top as well as underneath? We find it hard to try and take photos of the gills as we don't want to damage the fungi.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
29 Sep 2016
One trick is to place a mirror under the mushroom and photograph the image
Cheers Michael
Cheers Michael
Heino
wrote:
29 Sep 2016
With a stem & cap fungus it always pays to find out what's on the underside of the cap. As Michael says, a mirror works. Lacking a mirror, if you manage to get a look underneath, put a comment in the Notes field. The other thing with such fungi is to have a look at the base of the stem. In an earlier comment I noted the cup-like surround that you find around the base of a Volvopluteus stem, and that you might have to carefully scrape aside some of the litter. What's at the base of the stem may carry a lot of identification information, but the relevant feature may be hidden by grasses, leaf litter, mulch, etc. For example, Volvopluteus and Pluteus (and species of that genus do occur locally) are closely related genera, but Pluteus lacks that cup-like surround.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.243528-35.373798
- Maps QPRC LGA
- Places Karabar, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2016 02:48 AM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
Species information
- Volvopluteus gloiocephalus Scientific name
- Big Sheath Mushroom Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 654.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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