Physalacria aff. bambusae
Macquarie, ACT
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| Physalacria aff. bambusae | Heino | 2 Aug 2016 |
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Herbarium collection HL 6091 at CANB
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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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066111-35.250556
- Places Macquarie, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
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- Heino NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Caps otherwise Caps on stems; none of the above Fungi Physalacria aff. bambusae
Species information
- Physalacria aff. bambusae Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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