Fungus sightings


Generally  you see only the spore-producing structure (or fruitbody) of a fungus, the rest being well hidden (e.g. in soil, dung or wood). On Nature Map, fungi are divided into categories (the groups and sub-groups shown on the right) based on fruitbody form. Each category name consists of a descriptive phrase and this may be followed:

           in square brackets  ]      by a colloquial name

 or     in angled brackets  >      by a technical term

 

for what you find in that category. Some examples of colloquial terms are mushroom, bolete and polypore – and these are some of the traditional groupings, that have long been used in fungal field guides aimed at the general public.

 

Why not use just the colloquial terms as category names?

Mushroom is a word that many people are familiar with but it is used in different ways. Mostly it denotes something fleshy with cap, gills and stem (and that will be the meaning in these notes) but some people add the extra condition that a mushroom must be edible (anything else is a toadstool) and some use it virtually as a synonym of fungus. Experience has shown that other traditional terms (e.g. bolete, polypore) are meaningless to people who have never read anything about fungi. The brief explanations in the category names tell users who are unfamiliar with fungi what sorts of fruiting bodies they’ll find in a given category. Note also that some groups of fungi don’t have well-established colloquial names. 

 

If you click on a category you will see an Overview for it. While the category names help, they must necessarily be short and, to get the most benefit, you should read the Overviews. An Overview may (via Hints) offer more detail about the visual or non-visual features that would help identify your sighting or give some Warnings.

 

The fungi in a given category need not be closely related and the only aim of this categorization is to help you place your sighting. Many users are likely to take photos of fungi incidentally, without necessarily studying the fungi closely, and so would need to rely on just the photograph when trying to place a sighting.  For that reason the categories rely on visual features as far as possible to make it easier for those with no knowledge about fungi. The terms in square brackets aim to help those with some knowledge of fungi  and even the more knowledgeable users may find more help within the angled brackets.

 

How to search

If you are unfamiliar with fungi it is best to start at the top of the list on the right and work your way down until you find something that describes your sighting. First are the Cap on a stem groups. In these the top of the fruitbody is sharply differentiated from a supporting stem. In some fungi the fruit body tapers gradually from a broad apex, but with no such sharp differentiation, hence no proper stem (but a pseudo-stem) and such fungi are not included. On past experience, most fungal sightings will be of mushrooms and they are in the first group.

 

Why do some genera appear in more than one category?

Long ago, fungal classification was closely tied to fruitbody form but later research showed that closely related species need not have the same fruitbody form. Mostly, all species in a genus have the same form of fruitbody but there are exceptions. As an example, look at these two: Schizophyllum amplum  and Schizpophylum commune .

 

This means that in any categorization based only on macroscopic features there will inevitably be cases where all the species of a genus do not fit into the one category. There are a few instances where it is more sensible to deal with slightly dissimilar fruitbody types together and so though your sighting has a fruitbody that should be in category X, a note there will direct you to category Y.

 

Use of formal taxonomic categories (e.g. genera, families or orders) would avoid the splitting of genera but such categories would not be easy for a non-expert to use since many such categories rely on microscopic features. Also, dissimilar fruitbodies may be grouped together (as Schizophyllum shows) and two species, with fruitbodies of similar form, may fall into different taxonomic categories.

 

Warnings

The grouping is based on mature fruitbodies and immature fruitbodies may look different.

Many fungi are not identifiable from photos, no matter how good.

With age frutibodies may become tattered, dowdy and unidentifiable from a photo.

 

More information

For more about fungi in general see: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/index.html  

     .....For more about fruitbody types see: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/types-of-fungi.html  

     .....For more about macroscopic features see: http://www.cpbr.gov.au/fungi/macroscopic.html



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Boletellus sp. (Boletellus) at Moruya, NSW - 24 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Amanita ochrophylla group at Mogo, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by Charles Dove
Amanita sp. (Amanita sp.) at Mogo, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by Charles Dove
Austroboletus eburneus (Austroboletus eburneus) at Moruya, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Boletales at Moruya, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Amanita sp. (Amanita sp.) at Moruya, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Clavaria alboglobospora at Moruya, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Polypore sp. at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Cortinarius sp. (Cortinarius) at Rosedale, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Amanita sp. (Amanita sp.) at Malua Bay, NSW - 23 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Phlebopus marginatus (Giant Bolete) at Ulladulla, NSW - 22 Apr 2019 by Charles Dove
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Tura Beach, NSW - 22 Apr 2019 by TLH
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Eden, NSW - 20 Apr 2019 by Allan
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Eden, NSW - 19 Apr 2019 by Allan
Amanita cheelii (Amanita punctata) at Numbaa, NSW - 19 Apr 2019 by Nurjahan
Hygrocybe sp. (Hygrocybe) at Bawley Point, NSW - 18 Apr 2019 by Marg
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Wallaga Lake, NSW - 18 Apr 2019 by RossMannell
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Bawley Point, NSW - 18 Apr 2019 by Marg
Tricholomopis rutilans complex at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 16 Apr 2019 by Teresa
Tylopilus balloui (group) (Tylopilus balloui) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 15 Apr 2019 by Teresa
Lycoperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 15 Apr 2019 by Teresa
Fomes sp. at Tomakin, NSW - 14 Apr 2019 by Nivlek
Unidentified Fungus at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW - 13 Apr 2019 by Margot
Agarics gilled fungi at Bawley Point, NSW - 11 Apr 2019 by Charles Dove
Phlebopus marginatus (Giant Bolete) at Wapengo, NSW - 11 Apr 2019 by SueMuffler
Boletellus sp. (Boletellus) at Rosedale, NSW - 11 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Boletellus sp. (Boletellus) at Rosedale, NSW - 11 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Boletales at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 11 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Polypore sp. at Rosedale, NSW - 11 Apr 2019 by lyndallh
Macrolepiota dolichaula (Macrolepiota dolichaula) at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW - 10 Apr 2019 by Nurjahan
Agaricus sp. (Agaricus) at Mirador, NSW - 10 Apr 2019 by hynesker1234
Inocybe sp. (Inocybe) at Tura Beach, NSW - 9 Apr 2019 by TLH
Unidentified Fungus at Tura Beach, NSW - 9 Apr 2019 by TLH
Hygrocybe sp. (Hygrocybe) at Tura Beach, NSW - 9 Apr 2019 by TLH
Hygrocybe firma (Hygrocybe firma) at Tura Beach, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by TLH
Agaricus sp. (Agaricus) at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Coprinellus flocculosus (Flocculose Ink Cap) at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Polypore sp. at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Paxillus involutus (Brown roll-rim) at Tura Beach, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by TLH
Agaricus sp. (Agaricus) at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Phylloporus sp. (Phylloporus sp.) at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Amanita xanthocephala (Vermilion grisette) at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 8 Apr 2019 by lyndallh@bigpond.com
Hygrocybe sp. (Hygrocybe) at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Amanita marmorata at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Unidentified Fungus at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Boletellus dissiliens at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Tylopilus balloui (group) (Tylopilus balloui) at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Unidentified Fungus at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Boletellus sp. (Boletellus) at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at Moruya, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by LisaH
Phellodon niger at Quaama, NSW - 6 Apr 2019 by FionaG
Agarics at Quaama, NSW - 5 Apr 2019 by FionaG
Chlorophyllum molybdites (Green-gilled Mushroom) at Bawley Point, NSW - 4 Apr 2019 by Marg
Cyathus stercoreus (Bird's nest fungus) at Dalmeny, NSW - 4 Apr 2019 by Teresa
Coprinellus flocculosus (Flocculose Ink Cap) at Lake Tabourie, NSW - 2 Apr 2019 by Cate
Laetiporus portentosus (White Punk) at Towamba, NSW - 28 Mar 2019 by SueMuffler
Tremella sp. at Towamba, NSW - 28 Mar 2019 by SueMuffler
Unidentified Fungus at Mirador, NSW - 28 Mar 2019 by hynesker1234
Ramaria sp. (A Coral fungus) at Towamba, NSW - 28 Mar 2019 by SueMuffler
Amanita sp. (Amanita sp.) at Towamba, NSW - 28 Mar 2019 by SueMuffler
zz – ascomycetes - apothecial (Cup fungus) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 26 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Chaetocalathus cheelii (Chaetocalathus cheelii) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 26 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Clitocybe s.l. at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 25 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Entoloma sp. (Entoloma) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 25 Mar 2019 by Teresa
zz – ascomycetes - apothecial (Cup fungus) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 25 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Pleurotus sp. at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 25 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Unidentified Fungus at Mirador, NSW - 24 Mar 2019 by hynesker1234
Unidentified Fungus at Eden, NSW - 24 Mar 2019 by Allan
Macrolepiota dolichaula (Macrolepiota dolichaula) at Currowan, NSW - 24 Mar 2019 by MarjApt
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Plantpot Dapperling) at Tura Beach, NSW - 24 Mar 2019 by JenniKaye
Galerina sp. at Conjola, NSW - 24 Mar 2019 by Margieras
Ganoderma sp. (Ganoderma sp.) at Broughton Vale, NSW - 23 Mar 2019 by Nivlek
Parasola plicatilis (An Ink Cap) at Dalmeny, NSW - 23 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Unidentified Fungus at Berrambool, NSW - 22 Mar 2019 by hynesker1234
Unidentified Fungus at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 21 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Russula viridis (Russula viridis) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 21 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Auricularia delicata (Auricularia delicata) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 21 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Crepidotus sp. at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 21 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Cyclomyces setiporus at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 21 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Mucorales (Pin moulds) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 21 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Tremella sp. (Tremella) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 19 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Marasmiellus sp. (Marasmiellus) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 19 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Unidentified Fungus at Kianga, NSW - 19 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Hemimycena sp. at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 19 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Leratiomcyes ceres (Red Woodchip Fungus) at Kianga, NSW - 19 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Marasmius sp. (Horse hair fungus) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 19 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Sphaerobolus stellatus (Cannon-ball Fungus) at Kianga, NSW - 18 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Tylopilus sp. (A Bolete) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 17 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Synnemata of an imperfect fungus (Synnemata of an imperfect fungus) at Kianga, NSW - 17 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Resupinatus subapplicatus (Resupinatus subapplicatus) at Kianga, NSW - 17 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Dentipellis fragilis at Kianga, NSW - 17 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Crepidotus sp. (Crepidotus) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken of the Woods) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Scutellinia sp. (Scutellinia) at Kianga, NSW - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Chlorociboria species (Green Stain Elf Cups) at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Biscogniauxia sp. at Kianga, NSW - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa
zz – ascomycetes - apothecial (Cup fungus) at Kianga, NSW - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa
Bisporella sp. at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk - 16 Mar 2019 by Teresa

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