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Yellow Navel (Lichenomphalia chromacea)
In moss and lichen growing to about 30mm tall and 18mm wide.
Radial texture with a relatively deep central depression on the cap.
Very sparse and simple gills same colour as cap. Mycelia showing at the foot.
Found next to a walking track in a nature reserve.
"It is thought by some mycologists that it is likely Omphalina chromacea may be the fungal component of a lichen (a symbiosis between an alga and a fungus). The alga is most likely Coccomyxa." - Australianfungi.blogspot.com.au
"Lichenomphalia chromacea" is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It is found in southern Australia. The yellow-orange fruiting bodies of the species are mushroom-like, with a cap width of typically less than 4 cm. The thallus of the lichen is a greenish, granular layer of fungal hyphae and algae on the soil around the base of the stipe.
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