Armillaria sp.

A honey fungus at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

	Armillaria sp.	8 Jul 2016	Heino
	Cortinarius sp.	20 May 2016	KenT

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3 comments

KenT wrote:

21 May 2016

Suggested identification partly based on what appears to be the remains of a partial veil at the edge of the caps, it also seemed to be growing on soil.

Heino wrote:

9 Jul 2016

Ken, I notice that with a number of Cortinarius sightings you mention the veil remnants (with brown spores) on the stem. I'm taking the absence of that comment as support for the subject of these photos not having brown spores. To me the colours, the fine scales of the cap and stem and the yellow veil remnants on the cap edge combine to suggest Armillaria, which means I must assume that it is growing from buried wood. I could of course be wrong.

KenT wrote:

13 Jul 2016

Thanks Heino, the fine scales on the cap suggested an Armillaria to me as well but I hadn't realized that some local Armillaria might be ringless although this may simply be that I've recorded an old an degraded specimen

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Location information

Sighting information

3 Abundance
14 May 2016 08:43 AM Recorded on
KenT Recorded by
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KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi

Species information

Armillaria sp. Scientific name
A honey fungus Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1237.1m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

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