Pyronema sp.

A fire fungus at Aranda, ACT

Pyronema sp. at Aranda, ACT - 3 May 2017 12:00 AM
Pyronema sp. at Aranda, ACT - 3 May 2017 12:00 AM
Pyronema sp. at Aranda, ACT - 3 May 2017 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Pyronema sp. 11 May 2017 Heino
Pyronema sp. 10 May 2017 CathB

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User's notes

Area burnt on 19 April 2017. Images 1 and 2 taken 2 weeks after burn. Patches of fungus seen along site of a burnt tree trunk (image 2). Third image taken one week later, when the individual cups visible earlier had appeared to merge into a mass.

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Species information

  • Pyronema sp. Scientific name
  • A fire fungus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Machine learning
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