Horse Dung Fungus at Greenway, ACT
Identification history
| Pisolithus marmoratus | 22 Jun 2017 | Heino | ||
| Pisolithus marmoratus | 22 Jun 2017 | Heino | ||
| Unverified | 21 Jun 2017 | ozza |
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User's notes
These tended to be near large ant nests. Likely a coincidence.
1 comment
Heino
wrote:
23 Jun 2017
Most likely coincidental since this species often turns up with no ant nests nearby. Species of Pisolithus form mycorrhizas (symbiotic associations with plants).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.057458-35.409767
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jun 2017 01:23 PM Recorded on
- ozza Recorded by
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Collections
ozza Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pisolithus marmoratus Fruitbody walls break away to expose the spores Puffballs & the like Fungi
Species information
- Pisolithus marmoratus Scientific name
- Horse Dung Fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1055.1m Recorded at altitude