Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 4431573

Omphalotus nidiformis

Ghost Fungus at Paddys River, ACT

Omphalotus nidiformis at Paddys River, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 02:37 PM
Omphalotus nidiformis at Paddys River, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 02:37 PM
Omphalotus nidiformis at Paddys River, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 02:37 PM
Omphalotus nidiformis at Paddys River, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 02:37 PM
Omphalotus nidiformis at Paddys River, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 02:37 PM
Omphalotus nidiformis at Paddys River, ACT - 12 Apr 2022 02:37 PM
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Identification history

Omphalotus nidiformis 13 Apr 2022 Heino1
Unverified 12 Apr 2022 SteveBorkowskis

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Growing beside path on Koala walk

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SteveBorkowskis wrote:
   13 Apr 2022
Thanks for the ID Heino1, that’s amazing I have read articles about these before. If they were somewhere other than Tidbinbilla I would definitely be going back at night to see them.

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Species information

  • Omphalotus nidiformis Scientific name
  • Ghost Fungus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1509m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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