Appearance
''Austropaxillus infundibuliformis'' is readily identified by its large size , colour and gills. The cap is convex to flattened and features an inrolled margin when it is young; it grows to diameters of up to 6.5 cm . As it matures, it develops a central depression and becomes funnel shape, and the margin becomes wavy and folded. The cap colour ranges from yellow brown to dark brown, while the surface is dry and felt-like, sometimes developing small cracks in age. The closely spaced, pale cream to pale yellow-brown gills are decurrent and interspersed with lamellulae . Gills are shallow , have a smooth edge, and are multiply forked. They can be readily removed from the flesh of the cap. The stipe measures up to 4.7 cm long by 1.7 cm thick. Yellowish with a lighter shading near its base, it bruises dark brown where it has been injured or handled. The flesh has no distinctive odour and a bitter taste. The spore print is brown, while spores are somewhat fuse-shaped, thick-walled, and measure 11–13 by 5–6 µm.
Distribution
Found across southern Australia with records from Western Australia to Victoria and New South Wales, ''Austropaxillus infundibuliformis'' is a mycorrhizal species, and fruits on the ground in eucalypt forests, such as ''Eucalyptus obliqua''.Watling and colleagues examined a specimen regarded as ''A. infundibuliformis'' from Mount Field in Tasmania and found it to have smaller spores and paler gills.
Habitat
Found across southern Australia with records from Western Australia to Victoria and New South Wales, ''Austropaxillus infundibuliformis'' is a mycorrhizal species, and fruits on the ground in eucalypt forests, such as ''Eucalyptus obliqua''.Watling and colleagues examined a specimen regarded as ''A. infundibuliformis'' from Mount Field in Tasmania and found it to have smaller spores and paler gills.
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