Protoglossum
Nicholls, ACT
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| Protoglossum | Heino | 5 Jul 2016 | |
| Unverified | gavinlongmuir | 3 Jul 2016 |
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This looks like it is a violet potato. Gallacea scleroderma ?
1 comment
5 Jul 2016
I haven't come across Gallacea scleroderma but a description of it includes the words "surface tomentose to scaly", with no mention of the smooth, viscid surface that your specimen appears to have. I have, just once and at Tidbinbilla, collected an elongated purple fungus that looks much like yours. A visiting mycologist named it as Protoglossum (but without going to species). I've just checked my field notes and see that I'd included the word "viscid!!" - the double exclamation indicating that the surface was very sticky. That explains why I am assuming that your fungus is a Protoglossum, but this is still just a guess based on strong circumstantial evidence rather than a definitely proven identification.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.095261-35.195883
- Altitude 555.8m
- Maps Percival Hill
- Places Nicholls, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Jun 2016 02:35 PM Recorded on
- gavinlongmuir Recorded by
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Species information
- Protoglossum Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 555.85m Recorded at altitude