Australian fungi

Photographs of Australian macro fungi found principally in New South Wales, and South East Australia by Jamie Derkenne. High resolution images are freely available upon request. All fungi images on this site may be used without charge so long as they are attributed. Use the search function to look for particular species or keywords. (eg Boletus in soil).  The accuracy of the names or descriptions is in no way guaranteed. If you think something has been mis-identified, please contact me.

Unknown fungi

Unknown fungi

Unknown fungi, Swans Gardens, Killara, December 2, 2007, n clay soil, wet scleropyll garden, heavy leaf litter and mulch, standing by mature trees. Cap 200mm acoss plane iregular, light chocolate brown, moist, fneley fibrillose, margn upcurved, split and undulating. Gills free to sinuate, subdistant, wide, fragile, chocolate brown. Gills easily separate from cap. Stipe short stout, mealy, crumbly, breaks easy, 40mm high 20mm thick. Flesh white mealy texture. Sport print brown. Ref 2007120203 Picture ref: 727 Gallery ref: 14