Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 4257762

Laccaria sp.

Laccaria at Greenleigh, NSW

Laccaria sp. at Greenleigh, NSW - 19 Apr 2020 09:50 AM
Laccaria sp. at Greenleigh, NSW - 19 Apr 2020 09:50 AM
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Identification history

Laccaria sp. 18 Jul 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Laccaria sp. 11 May 2020 KenT
Unverified 26 Apr 2020 LyndalT

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Growing in the wetter parts of our greenhouse

5 comments

stellavision11 wrote:
   10 May 2020
Something Laccaria sp. perhaps? or Laccaria lateritia Malencon?
LyndalT wrote:
   11 May 2020
What other info do you need to ID?
KenT wrote:
   11 May 2020
Was there a living plant in the pot or were there live roots in the pot from a nearby plant?
LyndalT wrote:
   11 May 2020
Living plant
KenT wrote:
   11 May 2020
Thanks, when I first looked at your image I incorrectly assumed the fungus was growing in an old pot with dead plant remnants. Laccaria as it is currently known is regarded as a genus of obligatory ectomycorrhizal fungi, so only found in association with the roots of living plants. A fairly technical reference for this is Wilson et al. in the journal New Phytologist (2017) 213: 1862–1873. The paper is open access.

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  • Laccaria sp. Scientific name
  • Laccaria Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1284.07m Recorded at altitude
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