Pisolithus sp.

Pisolithus at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Pisolithus sp.	4 Apr 2018	Heino1
	Unverified	27 Mar 2018	JackyF

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First photo 27.3 - single specimen by track, whitish, rounded top, somewhat elongated, smaller than tennis ball, no underside or stem visible above ground. Photos 2 and 3 taken 3 April to assist with identification.

3 comments

Heino1 wrote:

3 Apr 2018

Still not fully developed. Possibly (1) a species of Pisolithus or (2) some other fungus akin to a puffball or (3) some stem-cap-gills fungus, but with the stem yet to extend and the cap still to expand. If either of 1 or 2 it may still be there, but now mature and another photo might provide enough information to get an idea of genus. In the absence of any further information I'd have to categorise this as 'inconclusive evidence'.

JackyF wrote:

4 Apr 2018

Heino1 - Thanks so much. I have just edited this sighting to include two more photos taken today - it is now more elongated but no obvious stem. On edge of a meat ant nest. No others in this spot, but I notice that a meat ant nest about 30m away has a large old fungus by its edge, now reduced to ochre-coloured, powdery, exploded-looking mass. Adding the new photos automatically changed the sighting date to today, sorry.

Heino1 wrote:

4 Apr 2018

JackyF, thank you for the extra photos. Eventually this will turn into powdery spores, with the relatively brittle skin breaking away to expose those spores. At first spores will be present only near the top but then as these blow away, more will mature lower down (to be blown away in turn) and the process will continue. So, unless kicked out or squashed most of this fruit body will disappear, except for possibly a low, spore-less base. When it is mature, that outer skin may remain white or become brown (depending on which species this is).

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
3 Apr 2018 10:38 AM Recorded on
JackyF Recorded by
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JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Fruitbody walls break away to expose the spores Puffballs & the like Fungi

Species information

Pisolithus sp. Scientific name
Pisolithus Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 928m Recorded at altitude
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