Phylloporus sp.

1 Phylloporus sp. at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

	Phylloporus sp.	23 Apr 2019	Heino1
	Unverified	22 Apr 2019	AaronClausen

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2 comments

Heino1 wrote:

23 Apr 2019

Aaron, the brown cap, bright yellow gills and seemingly no partial veil remnant strongly suggest a species of Phylloporus. Also, the stems (in particular that of the lower of the two turned over mushrooms) seem to have caught some brown spores (the colour to be expected for Phylloporus). In some species of this genus the gills turn blue or blue-green when damaged. In the lower of the overturned mushrooms, there seems to be a spot of pale blue-green bruising on the gills (left edge of the cap, near the light brown eucalypt leaf). Perhaps this is where a finger or thumb pressed rather firmly as you turned the mushrooms over – or I may be imagining that colour! It is faint. If you see such mushrooms again, try running your fingernails over the gills. That’s what I did in this case (http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/images-captions/phylloporus-sp-0062.html) and you see the damaged area in blue-green.

AaronClausen wrote:

23 Apr 2019

Many thanks Heino, really good to know. I'll definitely keep in mind for next time I see something like this. Cheers Aaron.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.166891 -35.230233
Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
22 Apr 2019 10:57 AM Recorded on
AaronClausen Recorded by
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AaronClausen NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi

Species information

Phylloporus sp. Scientific name
Phylloporus sp. Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 764m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania