Protoglossum

Nicholls, ACT

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Identification history

	Protoglossum	5 Jul 2016	Heino
	Unverified	3 Jul 2016	gavinlongmuir

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This looks like it is a violet potato. Gallacea scleroderma ?

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Heino wrote:

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.

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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
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Species information

Protoglossum Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
555.85m Recorded at altitude
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