Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 4546753

Unidentified

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Unidentified at suppressed - 18 Jan 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 18 Jan 2024
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Unidentified 20 Jan 2024 AlisonMilton

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4 comments

Csteele4 wrote:
   20 Jan 2024
Looks likely to be an old, decaying Russula sp
Pam wrote:
   21 Jan 2024
Interesting to note the colour on the edge of the gills
Csteele4 wrote:
   21 Jan 2024
@Pam yeah, that colour is why I've left it unconfirmed. The pileus suggests Russula, but the gills, unless quite decayed, are a very odd colour.
Heino1 wrote:
   9 May 2024
It's obviously a somewhat aged and weathered so I suspect the gill edge is an artefact of aging/weathering. Interestingly, Gates & Ratkowsky's book about Tasmanian fungi includes Russula 'red-yellow' (p 143, 2nd ed), which they note as a common species that they can't match to a described species. It has a red viscid cap and yellow gills. I wonder if this was viscid initially.

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  • 18 Jan 2024 01:45 PM Recorded on
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