Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 3377829

Chlorophyllum sp.

Hughes, ACT

Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 16 Jun 2017
Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 16 Jun 2017
Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 16 Jun 2017
Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 16 Jun 2017
Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 16 Jun 2017
Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 16 Jun 2017
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Identification history

Chlorophyllum sp. 21 Jun 2017 Heino
Chlorophyllum sp. 21 Jun 2017 Heino
Unidentified 16 Jun 2017 ruthkerruish

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User's notes

Cap is approximately 13 cm across. Quite a stout fruiting body.

5 comments

ruthkerruish wrote:
   21 Jun 2017
Thank you for the ID Heino. I notice though there is no ring. Also it seems to be poisonous, though not fatal, any comments on that?
Heino wrote:
   21 Jun 2017
In some Chlorophyllum species the ring is loose and can break or erode with age and yours is clearly a well-weathered specimen. When you refer to poisonous Chlorophyllum, you probably have Chloropyllum molybdites in mind. This gives a dull or dirty greenish spore print (quite striking despite the dowdy colour) and the gills take on the same colour. That species has been reported from some warmer parts of Australia, but not from the local area. On the general subject of toxicity of Australian fungi, most fall into the category 'not known', since there has been neither a great deal of detailed chemical analysis nor a long period of discovery by trial and error, especially error!
ruthkerruish wrote:
   21 Jun 2017
Thank you.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   2 Dec 2017
With the recent rains, several other similar fruiting bodies have appeared in surrounding areas in shady damp spots.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   2 Dec 2017
With the recent rains, several other similar fruiting bodies have appeared in surrounding areas in shady damp spots.

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  • Chlorophyllum sp. Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 761.43m Recorded at altitude
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