Omphalotus nidiformis

Ghost Fungus at Eden, NSW

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Identification history

	Omphalotus nidiformis	21 Apr 2019	Pam
	Unidentified	20 Apr 2019	Allan

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Luminescent mushroom, Ben Boyd National Park, on the track down to the beach from The Pinnacles car park. No idea what species it is. Taken with my phone, Samsung note 8,, 10 s exposure, 800 iso, don't know the aperture setting, sorry.

3 comments

Pam wrote:

21 Apr 2019

That's incredible that you were able to get that photo with your phone. Well done. It's always a rare treat to see these fungi at night. The Omphlatus nidiformis for all its spectacular display is also poisonous!

Allan wrote:

21 Apr 2019

Thanks Pam. The phone has manual control and you can set it for 10 s, max, so that's what i did. I had my SLR the night before and took a photo of another one (there are lots of them through the forest) but I didn't post it because the file was too big and I thought out might be a different species as it's more like a group of petals. But now you've ID'd it, I'll try and add it to the sighting. Please have a look and if you think it's the same. It's colour is more green but that could be the camera or the exposure time.

Allan wrote:

21 Apr 2019

Hi Pam, Following my last comment, I've posted the other one as a new sighting as it's in a different location and taken on a different day. Please check it out and let us know if it's the same species. Cheers Allan

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