A honey fungus at Goodenia Rainforest Walk
Identification history
| Armillaria sp. | 9 Jul 2019 | Teresa | ||
| Armillaria hinnulea | 4 Jul 2019 | JohnC2 | ||
| Entoloma (genus) | 1 Jul 2019 | JohnC2 |
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6 comments
JohnC2
wrote:
4 Jul 2019
After further investigation I am suggesting Armillaria hinnulea. Forground image is mature specimen, background image is an immature specimen. ?
Armillaria hinnulea is a species of mushroom found only in Australia and New Zealand. It is a secondary pathogen (i.e., causing disease only after a primary pathogen has damaged the host) of wet native forests. It appears first as an immature mushroom with a rounded blackish rough cap and a thick white stalk. The stalk is covered with white fibres and is bulbous at the base. A fine cortina (cobweb-like partial veil) extends from the cap margins to the stipe.
Mature specimens of Armillaria hinnulea have flattened brown to olive-green caps with a dark granular material on the centres. Gills and stipes are a pale cream.
Armillaria hinnulea is a species of mushroom found only in Australia and New Zealand. It is a secondary pathogen (i.e., causing disease only after a primary pathogen has damaged the host) of wet native forests. It appears first as an immature mushroom with a rounded blackish rough cap and a thick white stalk. The stalk is covered with white fibres and is bulbous at the base. A fine cortina (cobweb-like partial veil) extends from the cap margins to the stipe.
Mature specimens of Armillaria hinnulea have flattened brown to olive-green caps with a dark granular material on the centres. Gills and stipes are a pale cream.
Pam
wrote:
5 Jul 2019
You are correct with this identification...............Now look at the pileus surface and compare with your 'Pluteus' image.
JohnC2
wrote:
5 Jul 2019
Well Pam, you have just shot yourself in the foot. These images are of the same species that you say are not. They are growing all together, only taken separately to make a foreground and background subject in focus. I will now rest my case.
Pam
wrote:
5 Jul 2019
If this is the case John your photograph of the 'Pluteus' misrepresents the true characters of the species. Do I ask John why you put such a variety of names up for what looks like two different species!!? If you are deliberately trying to trip me up it's a sad reflection on you. The 'goch ya' syndrome has no place in genuine 'citizen science'.
JohnC2
wrote:
5 Jul 2019
Without prejudice: Pam all my images are what is seen in nature, they are not 'photoshopped',and never have been. What was written and described 36 years ago as with many other species has been found that fungi, plants, animals etc change and vary according to location and conditions. I'm not trying to trip you up. At first I thought that they were two different species altogether, you too, you thought the other may have been a Cortinarius sp. In the field of fungi in particular there has been in real terms not much done since most 'known species were described, only since DNA etc have some things been changing. but still very very slowly, and especially in Australia. We are finding species in our area that were described decades ago that have never been found in our area(s),and being told that's impossible, and there have been differences to the originally described findings. I'm no mycologist, but being involved in 'nature' all my life I have learnt to never rely on just the written word. It is no longer gospel. Nature in all aspects is changing to accommodate its surroundings. We see it all the time as we spend a lot of time out in the field, more than most in ten lifetimes. One is always learning, and adapting to the changing landscape, just as the 'natural' world is doing.
Teresa
wrote:
10 Jul 2019
After much research and consultation I am confirming this at the genus level until positive ID is returned from the mycologist.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.716111-36.899722
- Maps South East Forest National Park
- Places South Wolumla, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 29 Jun 2019 02:15 PM Recorded on
- JohnC2 Recorded by
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Collections
JohnC2 South Coast NatureMapr Armillaria sp. Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi
Species information
- Armillaria sp. Scientific name
- A honey fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1237.1m Recorded at altitude