Oudemansiella gigaspora group

Rooting Shank at Quaama, NSW

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Identification history

Oudemansiella 'radicata group'	28 Jul 2020	Pam
Oudemansiella 'radicata group'	28 Jul 2020	Pam
Unverified	1 May 2020	FionaG

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User's notes

A single tall fungi with a delicate cap but surprisingly firm stalk. Cap was 4 cms across and coloured pale brown and white with pale visible stripes. The cap has creamy gills underneath. The stalk was approx. 2 mms across and tall, 13 cms.

2 comments

Pam wrote:

28 Jul 2020

This specimen is showing you the extremes in colour variation for this fungus compared with your sighting on 01.05.2020. The problem is there has not been enough research done into this fungus, particularly here in Australia. Hence the species is listed as 'radicata group' which is most probably a collection of species or if you go for it 'subspecies'. Good to see this variation thanks for putting it up for people to see.

FionaG wrote:

28 Jul 2020

My pleasure Pam

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Location information

Coordinates 149.893525 -36.463356
Places Quaama, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
1 May 2020 02:08 PM Recorded on
FionaG Recorded by
Collections
FionaG South Coast NatureMapr Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi

Species information

Oudemansiella gigaspora group Scientific name
Rooting Shank Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1451m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information
Synonyms
Oudmansiella radicata, Xerula radicata, X. radicata var. australis Oudemansiella 'radicata group'

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