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forest mushrooms onkaparinga gorge another of the unknown species of mushrooms found at onkaparinga gorge in south australia any help in identifying these fungi is more than welcome as i know less than nothing about them! Australia,Geotagged,forest mushrooms,onkaparinga gorge,south australia Click/tap to enlarge

forest mushrooms onkaparinga gorge

another of the unknown species of mushrooms found at onkaparinga gorge in south australia any help in identifying these fungi is more than welcome as i know less than nothing about them!

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  1. Fungi identification in general is hard, it seems in Australia it is even harder. From Wikipedia:

    "Knowledge about the fungi of Australia is meagre. Little is known about aboriginal cultural traditions involving fungi, or about aboriginal use of fungi apart from a few species such as Blackfellow's bread (Laccocephalum mylittae). Humans who came to Australia over the past couple of centuries brought no strong fungal cultural traditions of their own. Fungi have also been largely overlooked in the scientific exploration of Australia. Since 1788, research on Australian fungi, initially by botanists and later by mycologists, has been spasmodic and intermittent. At governmental level, scientific neglect of Australian fungi continues: in the country's National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for 2010-2030, fungi are mentioned only once, in the caption of one illustration,[1] and some states currently lack mycologists in their respective fungal reference collections."
    Posted 11 years ago
  2. thanx for that info is interesting to know that the little i know is a national problem and not a personal one and opens the door on much to discover i remember a few years back when we lived in the rainforest in far north queensland there was fungi everywhere some of it even glowed in the dark and mushrooms would even grow in the house during the wet season even on my boots...I did find a website with lots of ID pics for aussie fungi that helped me with the Cortinarius erythraeus id the mushroom garden it may be helpful to others looking to id species http://alteriorsmushroomgarden.blogspot.com.au/ ........cheers Posted 11 years ago

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Uploaded May 8, 2014. Captured Jul 22, 2012 13:41 in LOT 2 Chapel Hill Road, Onkaparinga River National Park, Clarendon SA 5157, Australia.
  • SP600UZ
  • f/4.4
  • 10/1250s
  • ISO100
  • 14.3mm