Bermagui, NSW
Identification history
| Amanita sp. | 25 Feb 2020 | narelle | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Feb 2020 | narelle |
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User's notes
Its about 11 cm tall. The droplets are sticky like honey.
7 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
20 Feb 2020
Hi Narelle, So would I be right in thinking that is in an unburnt area? It's be good just at the moment to mention whether your sighting is in burnt or unburnt ground. OK, on zooming in I see it is near the cemetery, and I'm thinking the fire never got that close to Bermagui. Any pines or other exotic trees in the vicinity?
Pam
wrote:
20 Feb 2020
Whatever it is looks like it's heavily infected by a parasitic fungus, most probably a hypomyces.
Pam
wrote:
21 Feb 2020
Hi Jackie, not sure, it may be some kind of reaction by the fungus to being attacked by the parasitic fungus. Some species of fungi do produce exudates like this, though I'm mainly aware of this happening with polypores (bracket/shelf fungi). Also looking at the first image it appears there are two different species of fungi here. If you look at the upper surface of both fungi in this image the texture and ornamentation are very different. The one in the background looks for like it may be some kind of 'puffball'. Though can't be 100% certain.
narelle
wrote:
26 Feb 2020
It was early in the morning. There was dew. I think the dew drops sucked up the cap covering and made the droplets sticky. Later in the day there were no droplets, only a cracked mud like coating. Only the stalk of the fungi in the background is visible. The cap is behind and under the one in front.
JackieMiles
wrote:
27 Feb 2020
OK, doesn't sound like any of that adds up to an ID unfortunately, even to genus.
Pam
wrote:
27 Feb 2020
I would be more inclined towards a Russula species as this genus is particularly prone to infection by hypomyces. As are 'boletes'. Unfortunately there are not enough distinct characteristics to give this image a correct identification with certainty. I would be inclined to just id it as an Agaric sp. noting that it has been infected by a parasitic fungus.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.070989-36.435609
- Places Bermagui, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2020 07:19 AM Recorded on
- narelle Recorded by
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Collections
Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] narelle South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Agarics Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 165.12m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
