Agaricus augustus
For quite a while Ive been puzzled by online and guidebook descriptions and observations of Agaricus augustus in southern Australia and particularly in Victoria. Nearly always these mushrooms described as…
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Cordyceps gunnii
By chance a neighbour of mine was cutting down a large Acacia and was burning the ground below it and had stumbled upon these. He asked me whether they were…
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Australian Chanterelle (Cantharellus concinnus) | Cantharellus concinnus | Interesting species | Wild Picked
Cantharellus concinnus
The most common Chanterelle species in the Dandenongs and wide Yarra ranges is the petite orange to pink Cantharellus concinnus. The concept of concinnus has likely been applied to multiple…
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Feral Blue Oysters – A Selby surprise
Walking my dog the other morning we came upon a surprise – a massive bunch of Blue Oysters (possibly Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus) growing off mulch pushed behind a treated pine…
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2015 hunting season has been great
Well the 2015 mushroom hunting season has been massive!! It got off to a slow start before a bumper crop of just about every species started popping up. While we…
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Suillus bovinus (the Bovine Bolete) – A new arrival in Selby
At a stand of Pinus radiata in Selby where we often find a lot of Grey Ghost (Tricholoma terreum) and Saffron Milk Cap (Lactarius deliciosus) we found these interesting little…
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Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum)
Regarded by many as the best edible mushroom species occurring wild in Southern Australia, the Brown Birch Bolete has a complex, nutty flavour somewhat similar to the highly prized Porcini…
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Saffron Milk Cap – Pine Mushroom (Lactarius deliciosus)
Introduced on its mycorrhizal host plant, Pinus radiata, and now widespread throughout pine plantation and groves throughout Southern Australia from Perth to Hobart, Melbourne to New South Wales, this mushroom…
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Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda)
Selby Shroom’s favourite mushroom – the wood blewit is an magnificent looking species with lilac gills, a meaty mottled lilac stem, a strong margin and a viscid lilac to brown cap….
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Grey Ghost / Grey Knight (Tricholoma terreum)
A common imported species that appears on mass every year in Selby is Tricholoma aff. terreum. In the past this mushroom was considered edible – and in France and the…
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Suillus luteus / granulatus (The Slippery Jack / Sticky Bun)
Probably the first wild mushrooms occurring in Southern Australia that gained popularity with the burgeoning new generation of gourmet mushroom hunters, this mushroom has been a staple for many people…
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Macrolepiota clelandii (the Australian Parasol mushroom)
Just behind my house I was lucky to find a bunch of Australian Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota clelandii) growing on the verge of a gravel road as they do every year….
