Australian Morchella Species – new article / updated
As you may be aware there are few mushroom genus more highly prized than the Morel / Morchella. Chefs and cooks alike rate them as … Read more
Interesting species
More successful Far North Queensland Chanterelle finds – Chanterelles Australia
Thanks to a new friend up in Far North Queensland we were happy to hear of a large FNQ chanterelle find up that way. Apparently … Read more
Agaricus flocculosipes – an edible species of the arvensis clade – updated!
I would have sworn this mushroom was Agaricus augustus and it seemed to have many of its macroscopic characteristics. So I was very surprised to … Read more
Chicken of the woods – Laetiporus Australian find
Matt Kelly from up near the Gold Coast managed to find this meaty Laetiporus – the genus of the much coveted Chicken of the Woods … Read more
Agaricus ‘No Stain Pine forest’ – JF495040
A frequent Agaricus that we find in both Pinus radiata and native forest in the southern Dandenongs, is a large, scaled cap species with brownish … Read more
Monster of suburbia – massive Pleurotus ostreatus find (cloned)
Driving through a random street in the suburbs in the foothills of the Dandenongs and we spotted a monster! What a massive and amazing creature! … Read more
Beef steak fungus – Fistulina hepatica
During our foraging hikes recently we happened upon a beafsteak fungus growing off a very healthy looking Messmate Eucalypt. I was very excited as I … Read more
Jonas finds the Black Trumpet
Not that long ago Jonas Bellchambers found a bracket fungi that looked a lot like Chicken of the Woods somewhere in NSW. Now Jonas has … Read more
February King Stropharia mayhem!!
We got a great tip from our friend Claire about a large stand of King Stropharia fruiting on the plateau behind the Dandenongs on mass. … Read more
Agaricus bitorquis – the pavement mushroom
Agaricus bitorquis Often called the pavement mushroom or the conifer agaricus, this mushroom is actually quite closely related to your standard, typical supermarket button mushroom. … Read more
Lentinula lateritia – the Australian native Shiitake
Davenwolf Dagger has done it again – this time managing to not only find the elusive native Aussie Shiitake species – Lentinula lateritia (which we … Read more
FNQ native Australian chanterelle – updated
For a number of years connections of mine up in and around Cairns and Kuranda in Far North Queensland have been raving about the local … Read more