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Amauroderma rude Something you can easily miss or trip over ! These are striking mushrooms with flat firm brown discs for caps. This mushroom&#039;s cap was about 7&quot; wide, had bluish concentric rings and the margin was pale and thick.  The under surface looked chalky white with small pores (inset).  The stipe was central and a greenish-brown. A twig can be seen enveloped by the cap.<br />
Seen on the forest floor - mixed natives. Amauroderma rude,Australia,Fall,Geotagged Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Amauroderma rude

Something you can easily miss or trip over ! These are striking mushrooms with flat firm brown discs for caps. This mushroom's cap was about 7" wide, had bluish concentric rings and the margin was pale and thick. The under surface looked chalky white with small pores (inset). The stipe was central and a greenish-brown. A twig can be seen enveloped by the cap.
Seen on the forest floor - mixed natives.

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''Amauroderma rude'' is a tough woody mushroom in the family Ganodermataceae. A polypore fungus, it is found in Eastern Australia, where it grows as a saprophyte on rotting, buried wood.

Similar species: Polyporales
Species identified by Leuba Ridgway
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By Leuba Ridgway

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Uploaded Jul 15, 2016. Captured Jun 18, 2016 15:08 in Pusilla Break, Lysterfield VIC 3156, Australia.
  • SZ-10
  • f/3.1
  • 10/300s
  • ISO100
  • 5mm