Galerina sp.

1 Kambah, ACT

Galerina sp. at Kambah, ACT - 6 Aug 2017
Galerina sp. at Kambah, ACT - 6 Aug 2017
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Identification history

Galerina sp. 4 Sep 2017 Heino
Unidentified 6 Aug 2017 MatthewFrawley

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About 1cm tall

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Heino wrote:
   4 Sep 2017
Given the size and overall appearance Galerina is a plausible suggestion for this sighting, though there are several other genera of small, brown mushrooms. Thank you for the view of the underside, which shows that each gill has a white, fringed edge. In this genus, there are elongated, colourless cells along the gill edge and, though you’ll only see those cells under a microscope, in mass they give the gill edge that whitish, uneven, fringed look. Galerina is not the only genus to have such cells, so by itself a fringed gill edge is not conclusive evidence, but it is very useful additional evidence in favour of Galerina.

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  • Galerina sp. Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 979m Recorded at altitude
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