Leccinum aurantiacum – red-capped Leccinum
In the past I rarely checked under Poplar trees – even though there are some MASSIVE white poplars (P.alba) all around the Dandenongs. After chatting with some others who had…
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Porcini from the Dandenongs
Probably not the best kept secret for a variety of reasons but big old Chestnut trees around the Dandenongs (Kallista, Olinda, Monbulk, The Patch) do occasionally produce Boletus edulis –…
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Victorian Porcini and Symon’s Black Trumpet Brass Band
A couple of quick updates from this year’s mushroom season – which was a fantastic one especially if you like Lepista nuda – although lockdown rules and the state of…
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New chanterelle species found in the Dandenongs! – Updated!
Wandering back from a mushroom hike with John Ford of King Oyster mushrooms I walked near a stand of Oak and Chestnut trees in a low trafficked area in the…
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Agaricus ‘Wine-cap / Pine Forest pink-cap’ – JF495060 – aff megalocarpus
Our current favourite species is this large often pink to wine-capped Agaricus that is often associated with Pinus radiata and in largish troops in native forest. The most common phenotype…
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Australian Craterellus species – Black Trumpet
Well it took a while but some detective work finally paid off and we found the Victorian Craterellus species – our local Horn of Plenty or Black Trumpet species, first…
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The White ‘King Stropharia’ – Stropharia atroferruginea?
Dave up in NNSW was finding these ‘King Stropharia/Stropharia rugosoannulata‘ growing in cow manure that were often white or bone in colour. The collection was sequenced and the results at…
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Suburban Black Morel find – Morchella importuna
Its not every day you find black morels in the suburbs of Melbourne and not every day you find them growing in newly-laid garden mulch – an environment often more…
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The colours of autumn and winter 2018
Well the 2018 Fungi season in the Dandenong Ranges started very slow – a long period of virtually no rain between December 26 to around April made grass remain dry…
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Boletus edulis – Porcini – 100% confirmed in the Dandenong Ranges
When I was chatting to a mother at school drop off about mushrooms I never suspected that one of the mushrooms she was mentioning to me would turn out to…
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Flammulina velutipes – wild Enokitake – Velvet Shank
Autumn and winter 2018 has been a great season for Flammulina velutipes. Some massive bunches popping up from Poplar and Pomaderris stumps around Selby. The velvety stipe, that darkens as…
