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Fascinating Fungi

December 08th, 2014

8/12/2014

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Four Australian Bolete Fungi
with many more on FungiOz app

Boletellus obscurecoccineus

Boletellus ObscurecoccinnusBoletellus Obscurecoccinnus
Boletellus Obscurecoccineus is also known as the Rhubarb bolete.   It is stunning and quite common in  Australian Eucalypt forest.  The flocked, puce upper surface makes it a joy to touch as well as look at.

Fistulina Mollis
Picture of the Australian fungi, Fistulina MollisFistulina Mollis
Fistulina Mollis is known as The Marshmallow Bolete due to the collapsible softness of it's tubes and pores. it's skin is very glutinous, sticky and can be stretched without breaking.

Phlebopus marginatus

Picture of Phlebopus marginatusPhlebopus marginatus
Phlebopus Marginatus is a giant Australian mushroom that can grow as large as a metre wide.  The flesh of cap and stem is solid but cuts rather like cake  with only a little blueing.   It was thought to be ectomycorrhizal but recent studies suggest otherwise and  efforts to cultivate this fungi are underway in Thailand.

Austroboletus Niveus

Picture of Austroboletus niveusAustroboletus niveus
This Australian Austroboletus fungi grows singly or in small groups in eucalyptus wood land.   The size varies to about 16 cm tall and7 -8 cm across and the stem is deeply reticulated. Both the stem and cap surface  sweat viscid and very bitter amber droplets and the stem surface is quite slimy.   In contrast, the cap surface is a pinky matt with incurred margins that are slightly appendiculate. The tubes and  pores are white and the spore print is pinkish- brown.

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Features to note when describing Ramarias, Clavarias and other Coralloid fungi

7/12/2014

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Ramaria fungi are coral-like mushrooms with multiple branches. Their spores are ochre-yellow to brown-tinted and are ornamented with warts, striations or spines.   Clavarias have white spores  and do not branch multiple times.

According to Geoffrey Young  of Queensland Mycological society,
of probably 100 Australian Ramaria species, only nineteen have published scientific descriptions.


Currently, FungiOz app includes 17 Australian Ramarias, most of which are unidentified. 

Apparently many herbarium samples do not include adequate descriptions of macro features that can aid identification.
    Adding  photos and descriptions  of identifying characteristics to face-book posts of Ramaria  fungi would therefore be more helpful than a single photo of the whole fungi.

 
Important observable features include colour details, the shapes of the apices and branch axils, the texture of branches and whether or not there are  rizomorphs  or aborted branches that have not developed.    A reasonably detailed recording sheet for describing macro features of Ramaria species can be found here.


 Below are examples of just some  of the characteristics  that can differ in  Ramaria  Clavaria, Aphalaria  and other types of Coralloid fungi

Some Types of Apices in Coralloid fungi

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Spachulate apices - fIattened as in Aphelaria sp

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Dichotomous and rounded

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Flat - topped, blunt

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Cuspidate- Multiple bumps like chewing teeth

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Dichotomous (double headed)
and awl shaped, pointy

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Dichotomous spines

Some Types of Coralloid fungi branch surfaces and axils

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Rugose, knobbly and contorted surface

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Vertical branches with a powdery surface and  acuteIy angled axils

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Antler-like stems and apices

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Lobed rather than branched

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 Vertically striated branches with lines extending down from the axils.

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Rounded axils and smooth branches

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Aborted branches on the main stalk

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A  large  Australian Purple and Yellow Bolete

4/12/2014

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Picture of an 8-10 inch unidentified Australian bolete
8-10 inch Australian bolete
Picture of the mature pink stem and yellow pores of a  large unidentifiedAustralian bolete
Stem becomes pink and pores become yellow
 The  mature cap  of this  very large unidentified Australian Bolete is about 20 cm or 8 inches in diameter.   Its stem becomes pink and the complementary coloured yellow pores and mauve cap  make it a splendid sight on the Australian eucalypt forest floor.    It is certainly a boletale fungus but whether it is a bolete or one of the other genera must await  scientific analysis.

As shown below,  this bolete grows from white mycelium and the buttons are tightly convex to sub-globose. 



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The stem begins as white, velvety and sometimes caepetose,  meaning  that two mushrooms can be joined at their base. 

The tan stains on the stem were from bruising via rubbing against  forest floor debris as the lines on the right hand specimen shows.  

Notice also the  viscid amber sweat beads  around the base. 

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The cap matures to become almost flat with  slightly incurved, uneven  and wavy  margins.

Picture of an aerolate fungi surfaceAerolate surface
Its  skin begins as finely velvet  mauve, but becomes areolate, meaning that it develops fine cracks  that expose underlying yellow skin.


This Bolete mushroom's Pores and Tubes are  initially white and very tightly packed  before becoming  yellow and wider.   The mature pores have multiple shapes and the sporeprint is yellow-brown.

It's flesh is
thick, white and does not bruise when cut or exposed to air.

Found: Several years running,  early in the season in narrow peppermint bushland, (EVC 45) in Forrest,  the northern edge of Australia's Otway ranges.
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Easy reporting to FungiMap through FungiOz app

4/12/2014

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Picture of The FungiOz app form for easy reporting  fungi sightings to FungiMapThe FungiOz app form for easy reporting fungi sightings to FungiMap
Did you know the Map a Species tab in FungiOz  app makes it easy to report target  fungi species to  Fungimap? 

The form has been developed in consultation with Fungimap.

You will notice that  your name and email is optional  but you need to make a selection from the copyright permission options to upload. 

Once your photos are on your I0S or android device  you can easily upload  without being tied to your  computer and scanner.

 You can also fill in the form  on your PC or MAC through  the FungiOz.mobapp.at version of the app  but you cant send photos using this method.

Each month a spreadsheet with the information from all  the uploaded forms are sent on to Fungimap.

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