Favoritos de oqt

Quite a family of these growing out of soil but close to an old rotten wattle log. I had to use flash, which has taken a bit of the blue-grey colour out of the cap surface.

Growing in tall open forest dominated by Eucalyptus saligna, from a clayey soil with heavy leaf litter.

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Caespitose in middle of sandy track. Frequent nearby.

With pines and Eucalyptus

thought on first sight was Lepista from above

Lilac gills when young turning brown with age

Cortinarius with a deeply radicating stipe in recently burnt forest. Hundreds of fruiting bodies in a small area - abundant!
Pic 4 under 365nm UV light.

Growing in weeds and grass in bike track.Gills close yellowish brown, residual ring, whitish above and bright ochre yellow below. Spores rusty brown, ellipsoidal granular 7.5 x 5 um. ?Cortinarius

Cortinarius wirrabara ?
, subgenus Phlegmacium

Under Eucalyptus.

growing at base of turpentine Syncarpia glomulifera

Quite a long cort of some sp?. Greyish cap (when fairly wet) on purple stipe. A few myc threads at the base fluoresce under UV. Mixed Eucalypt forest.

Remnants of cortina on the stem (photo 1) and cap (photo 2).

Height: 2cm
Diameter: 6cm
Substrate Soil
Habitat: Burnt Messmate forest
Other spp: Eucalyptus obliqua, Xanthorrhoea minor, Coronidium scorpioides, Lomandra sp., Platylobium obtusangulum.

Height: 5cm
Diameter: 5cm
Substrate Soil
Habitat: Swamp gum woodland
Other spp: Eucalyptus ovata, Acacia mearnsii, Pteridium esculentum, Dichondra repens, Rytidosperma sp