Appearance
Australia: Gymnopilus allantopus is extremely common in the Perth region, most often seen on fallen Banksia logs and branches. It is a decomposer fungus occurring on a wide range of rotting logs, stumps and woody debris. The Golden Wood Fungus produces fruit bodies over most of the main local Australian fungus season – May to July, and also produces masses of fan-like white thread in the wood that can be seen any time of the year. The best way to see the fans is to lift off a strip of bark to reveal the underlying threads amid the soft white-rotted wood.The fungus is easily identified in the field by its bright gills that develop rusty spots when old, white flap on the margin of young caps, and white fan-like mycelium. It has a bright ochre brown spore print. Most often the fruit bodies have a straight stem but if the specimens emerge from the side of a log the stem curves upwards.
. Gills bright orange-yellow. Young caps with white flap on margin. Abundant white fan-like threads in rotting wood.
⤷ Cap: 10–40 mm.
⤷ Spore print: ochre brown.
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