Caps on stems; none of the above


There is variety in the leftover cap-on-a-stem fruitbodies (i.e. those which lack gills, pores and teeth). However, not all of the leftovers will be included here since it is more logical to place some in other groups, as follows:

 

Cap disk-like to cup-like ..... go to Disk-like/cup-like fungi

 

Cap contains a mass of powdery spores ..... go to Other puffballs

 

There are many small chambers within the cap ..... go to Truffles

 

The fruitbody has a jelly-like texture ..... go to Other fungi on wood/jelly-like

 

Remember that a cap has to be sharply differentiated from (and markedly wider than) the supporting stem. In some fungi the fruit body tapers gradually but with no such sharp differentiation or might have a slightly swollen upper part. Look for those in the Club or stalk category.

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Caric wrote:
14 Sep 2020
Thanks KenT, I wish I'd thought to smell it!

Marasmiellus affixus
Pam wrote:
29 Aug 2019
What an exciting find that must have been.........

Gyromitra sp.
AaronClausen wrote:
25 Sep 2016
Whoa.... What the?

Morchella elata group
Heino wrote:
3 Aug 2016
The fruiting bodies grew on a dead shrub base that was within a heap of aged prunings. The globose to somewhat conical heads were up to about 2 mm in diameter, but usually smaller. As you can see in Photo 2, those heads sit atop short, narrow stems. Photo 3 shows an enlarged view of part of one of the bristly fruiting bodies of Photo 1. I have given the date as 10 February, when I first saw this fungus in that heap. However, very few were present at that time. In an attempt to produce more specimens, I kept that shrub base damp and in a plastic tub. Over several weeks I harvested some tens of fruiting bodies. All the material is lodged at the Australian National Herbarium, Canberra, as collection HL 6091. The macro and micro features seem closest to those of Physalacria bambusae (recorded once from Australia) but I stop short of claiming it is definitely that species.

Physalacria aff. bambusae
KenT wrote:
17 Jun 2016
Bristle photo added as image four

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