O, he sits high in all the people's hearts:
And that, which would appear offence in us,
His countenance, like richest alchymy,
Will change to virtue and to worthiness.
SHAKS.: _Jul. Caesar,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

Laccaria lateritia

Laccaria lateritia group is common Australia wide. It occurs in small groups or troops on soil or in litter on heath, woodland or forest. It forms mycorrhizal relationships with a number of plants, but is frequently associated with eucalypts. The flesh is thin, reddish brown, the gills distant and usually covered with a white dusty bloom. Spores are always spiny. Stem is hollow smooth dry and often a little twisted. There is no smell.

Laccaria lateritia

- Laccaria Lateritia Paddy Pallin Reserve, Lindfield, NSW, June 18, 2006, showing white spore deposit on cap of smaller fu

Laccaria lateritia

- Laccaria lateritia group. Lane Cove National Park, Fiddens Wharf Road, July 30, 2006 in sandy soil, gregarious in leaf l

Laccaria lateritia

- White. Fiddens Wharf Road, Lane Cove National Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia, July 30, 2006 cf ref: 2006073024