Cyptotrama asprata

Gold Tufts at Quaama, NSW

Cyptotrama asprata at Quaama, NSW - 18 Mar 2020
Cyptotrama asprata at Quaama, NSW - 18 Mar 2020
Cyptotrama asprata at Quaama, NSW - 18 Mar 2020
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Identification history

Cyptotrama asprata 20 Mar 2020 Pam
Unidentified 18 Mar 2020 FionaG

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User's notes

Beautiful small, delicate fungi looking like a parasol. Egg yellow on top, pure crisp white gills below. The cap was quite thin. The whole thing stood roughly 5 cms tall on a yellow stalk, and the cap was about 3-4 cms in diameter.

3 comments

Pam wrote:
   21 Mar 2020
Great images. These are notoriously difficult to capture so well. The immature 'buttons' look like spikey rich yellow balls.
FionaG wrote:
   21 Mar 2020
I was extremely surprised to find a stalk, and a quite a long one at that, given I didn't think it had any. It really looked like another rubbery solid one. I was amazed to see this perfect little umbrella.
Pam wrote:
   22 Mar 2020
They are a striking little fungus and even though relatively common seem to always capture people's attention.

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Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 18 Mar 2020 08:12 AM Recorded on
  • FionaG Recorded by

Species information

  • Cyptotrama asprata Scientific name
  • Gold Tufts Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • 161.83m to 244.68m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Cyptotrama aspratum
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