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Battarrea phalloides . Unusual fungi very slender , this one approx 12 to 15 cm high with a smallish puffball on top. Australia,Battarrea phalloides,Eamw fungi,Geotagged,Langwarrin Vic,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Battarrea phalloides .

Unusual fungi very slender , this one approx 12 to 15 cm high with a smallish puffball on top.

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    Very cool! Posted 6 years ago
  2. View Christine Young's profile
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    Awesome! Posted 6 years ago
  3. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    I so want to find these. Doesn't look like I have far to go. Is your pin accurate Ernst? Posted 3 years ago
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      Ernst
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      Yes the track is correct but the exact area along the track I can’t recal . It is a few years ago. I still have all my marbles but that is a bit hard to remember. What I remember is that there were 3 of them,about 1 or 2 m apparent.
      Good luck Mark but remember that was in November.       Posted 3 years ago
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        Mark Ridgway
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        Thanks. Posted 3 years ago

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The Battarrea phalloides

''Battarrea phalloides'' is an inedible species of mushroom in the family Agaricaceae, and the type species of the genus ''Battarrea''. Known in the vernacular as the scaley-stalked puffball, sandy stiltball, or desert stalked puffball, it has a woody, slender, and shaggy or scaly stem that is typically up to 40 centimeters in length. Although its general appearance resembles an agaric with stem and gills, atop the stem is a spore sac, consisting of a peridium and a powdery internal gleba. In maturity,.. more

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Uploaded Feb 23, 2019. Captured Nov 9, 2018 10:19 in Owen Dawson Track, Langwarrin VIC 3910, Australia.
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