Types of Gilled fungi

Types of Australian Gilled fungi - menu

Australian Amanitas -
With a volva

Amanitas have a sack or basal bulb

Amanita Fungi have free, pale gills, white spores & a basal bulb, sac or other remnant of a veil that covers the whole cap when young & leaves patches or warts on the cap.

Australian Russulas - Brittle stems

Brittle, white gills, no ring

Russulas are fungi that grow with trees and have brittle gills or stems, no ring or web, white spores and white to yellow gills that are attached to the stem.

Hygrocybes - Waxy Caps

Hygrocybe saltorivula

Hygrocybes are small, brightly coloured mushroom caps with a waxy surface and widely spaced gills.

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Australian Agaricus - Field mushrooms & others

Free Gills and a ring

Agaricus Fungi have free, pink gills that turn brown due to brown spores and have a ring on the stem.

Australian Cortinarius & other web-cap fungi

Stem attached to stem by threads

Cortinarius Fungi have a thread-like or slimy veil that disintegrates with age to fine discolourations or slim on the stem.

Lactarius - Milkcaps

Lactarius Eucalypti

Lactarius Mushrooms are similar to Russulas, but release droplets of latex when cut, bruised or cooked.

Australian Ear-shaped Fungi

Crepidotus eucalyptorum

Ear-shaped fungi either have no stem or a short stem on the side on which they are attached to wood. Types include Crepidotus, hoenbulhelhia, Pleurotis and others