zz - truffle

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

zz - truffle at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 12 May 2024
zz - truffle at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 12 May 2024
zz - truffle at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 12 May 2024
zz - truffle at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 12 May 2024
zz - truffle at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - 12 May 2024
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Identification history

zz - truffle 13 May 2024 Heino1
Calvatia sp. 12 May 2024 Csteele4
Unidentified 12 May 2024 KumikoCallaway

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A bandicoot was eating them that grow under wet fallen leaves on the ground near the footpath. After he moved away, I rolled them out of the leaves with a stick to take photos for identification. Later, the bandicoot came back and ate them. The bandicoot record is https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4570949

4 comments

Heino1 wrote:
   13 May 2024
One of our native truffles. There is a thin white skin over a chambered, light brown interior. In some of the specimens bits of the skin have broken/eroded/ben eaten away and you can see a little of the interior.
   13 May 2024
Thank you for your comment. I added a photo of the bandicoot eating one of the truffles. You can see dark brown colour inside. Does this help narrowing the truffle species?
Heino1 wrote:
   14 May 2024
Unfortunately there's more than one genus in which you find truffles with white exteriors and brown interiors.
   15 May 2024
Thank you for your reply and explanation.

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  • zz - truffle Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 775.19m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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