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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…