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Observer

mattbarrett

Date

September 4, 2021 09:20 AM AEST

Description

Uploaded on behalf of the collector, Kym Brennan

Small, fragile, 10cm tall. In leaf mould in heavy shade, lowland spring-fed monsoon forest, on drier part towards margin.

This is a normal gilled mushroom that has a very thin cap flesh, which splits radially (between the gills). Further drying lifts and twists the gill-segments into the flower shape in the image. The type specimen from Vanauatu had the same form on all fruitbodies, but the author was unsure whether this was an oddity, or the normal condition. The find of this Australian specimen shows that it is the norm, but it would be great to find young fruitbodies to understand exactly of the final form develops – at what point in development does it depart from a mushroom shape?

The species is Hausknechtia floriformis, a monotypic genus only described in 2020, with a single species described (by Anton Hausknecht) in 2003, previously only known from Vanuatu. I have been on the lookout for it, great to know it occurs in Australia too.

A link to the genus description: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-020-01606-3

A link to the original species description: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjwh767wJD0AhWQXisKHV56AnkQFnoECAgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zobodat.at%2Fpdf%2FOestZPilz_12_0031-0040.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2rG4jlSDVwwBUmwAkpRYGM

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What

Pig's Ears (Gomphus clavatus)

Observer

alan_rockefeller

Date

November 15, 2022 02:04 PM PST

Description

Under Abies grandis, tan oak and Hemlock. Not much taste or odor.

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Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)

Observer

driftlessflower

Date

October 8, 2022 05:29 PM CDT

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Barred Owl (Strix varia)

Observer

stephane

Date

February 14, 2022 10:41 AM EST

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What

Blewit (Collybia nuda)

Observer

alan_rockefeller

Date

December 26, 2021

Description

Frozen orange juice odor, under coast live oak

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Luminescent Panellus (Panellus stipticus)

Observer

alan_rockefeller

Date

September 25, 2021

Description

Photographed at midnight, luminescence photographed with 30 second exposure per shot, iso 1600, manual focus all the way close, 35 shots in the stack for a total time of 18 minutes. Combined with Helicon Focus 7.

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Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Observer

stephane

Date

February 6, 2022 11:02 AM EST

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Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Observer

jeanfranois2

Date

February 5, 2022 07:52 AM UTC

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What

Silky Rosegill (Volvariella bombycina)

Observer

cbowllan

Date

July 4, 2020 11:10 AM EDT