Hydnangium carneum at Macquarie, ACT
Identification history
| Hydnangium carneum | 11 Jul 2016 | Heino |
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2 comments
Heino
wrote:
11 Jul 2016
The interior is composed of numerous small chambers and in Photo 3 I show an internal view, having cut one specimen in half, vertically. When a new species is described, the specimen(s) on which the original published description is based is referred to as the type material for the species and the place where that material was collected is the type locality for that species. Hydnangium carneum is one of the many truffle fungi native to Australia. The first published description appeared in 1839 and the type locality is Berlin, where the fungus was found growing with potted Australian plants in a botanic garden. This fungus forms a symbiotic association with eucalypts and if live plants are carried abroad, they may take associated fungi with them in the soil. Hydnangium carneum is common in the ACT and these specimens appeared in a suburban garden, half-buried in the soil and only revealed when leaf litter from a nearby eucalypt was pushed aside. They were spread over a wider area than that shown in the photo.
Heino
wrote:
12 Jul 2016
It is common to find invertebrates in fungal fruiting bodies, with some species of fungi more susceptible than others. Hydnangium carneum is one species where I am likely to find truffles with invertebrate damage, sometimes so well-eaten that what is left will fall apart on being handled. Photo 4 is a repeat of Photo 3 with the white arrows pointing to a few of the many tunnels created by hungry invertebrates and the red arrows pointing to two of the culprits, albeit a little blurry because they moved during the exposure.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066111-35.250556
- Places Macquarie, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Jul 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Heino Recorded by
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Collections
Fungi Truffles Heino
Species information
- Hydnangium carneum Scientific name
- Hydnangium carneum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
