Neolentinus dactyloides

Leathery Sawgill at Currowan, NSW

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Identification history

	Neolentinus dactyloides	26 Jan 2020	Pam
	Unverified	26 Jan 2020	Harrisi

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Pam wrote:

27 Jan 2020

This is one of the fire responsive fungi that appear after a fire. These fungi have a pseudosclerotia or sclerotia which remains dormant untill the impulse of heat from the fire triggers that reproductive structure to appear. A couple of things to note on your images are, you can see relatively clearly the uneven edge to the gills, hence the name 'sawgill' in the common name. The other thing I was pleased to see you have captured is on the ground around your first image it looks like the ground is dusted with light coloured powder. This is a result of the white spores from the fungus landing on the soil surface. Well done.

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Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
20 Jan 2020 12:38 PM Recorded on
Harrisi Recorded by
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Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Harrisi South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Neolentinus dactyloides Scientific name
Leathery Sawgill Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
218.04m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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