Pine needles and eucalyptus litter substrate. Single fruiting body approx. ~5cm tall. Ring of spores beneath cap. Deep blue colour change immediately after bruising.
THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO FORAGE AS IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR CONSERVATION, YOU WILL BE UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO SMALL NUMBER. PLEASE LOOK ELSEWHERE, UNSUSTAINABLE HARVESTING THREATENS THE NATIVE BIODIVERSITY OF THIS SPECIES.
Single small fruiting body growing amongst other species. in Eucalyptus bark substrate under dead stump. Very slightly blue bruising as visible in photo 5. Vigorous mycelium as seen in photo 3
In recently opened cheap potting mix
Toadstool pushing through asphalt by the side of the road.