Amanita muscaria

2 Fly Agaric at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Amanita muscaria	29 Apr 2022	Heino1
	Amanita muscaria	29 Apr 2022	TimL

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User's notes

Sighted in the gloom of ANBG's Rainforest Gully during recent rain. (See also follow-up sighting 4433553 which shows the physical development one day later).

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Heino1 wrote:

29 Apr 2022

An unusual sighting - Amanita muscaria in native vegetation, with no nearby pines, birches, oaks, etc - its usual symbiotic partners. From recollection the nearest would be the pines near the base of the Black Mountain road, or the pines & oaks in the CSIRO grounds. This introduced species has been reported from some native forest areas in Australia and New Zealand but this is the first time I've seen it in the ACT with no exotic trees within 'partnership' range. I've just collected some to have a permanent herbarium record of this species in the gardens. Thanks for the sighting.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.108277 -35.277307
Altitude 616.0m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

6 Abundance
28 Apr 2022 10:56 AM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi

Species information

Amanita muscaria Scientific name
Fly Agaric Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1344.6m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania