Agaricus subrufescens – a common almond-smelling species
While there are a number of almond / marzipan smelling Agaricus in southern Australia, two separate collections from South Eastern Queensland and Adelaide turned out … Read more
Flammulina velutipes (Wild Enoki / Velvet Shank)
An interesting find in Selby recently was the Australian wild equivalent of the often cultivated enoki / enokitake mushroom – here growing on rotting Poplar … Read more
Agaricus ‘marzipan’ – the almondy agaricus (JF495057) – updated!
A superb mushroom with a strong scent of almonds, this mushroom was initially collected wild in a secluded location in the Dandenong Ranges – resembling … Read more
Armillaria luteobubalina – the Australian Honey Mushroom
An interesting native Armillaria species we often see is Armillaria luteobubalina. A very common mushroom on old stumps around the Dandenongs and Victoria in general … Read more
2016 hunting season update
Well the 2016 wild mushroom season in the Dandenongs has been unusually poor with some small periods of rain interposed with longer periods of very … Read more
Hydnum species – Wood Hedgehogs
In Selby and surrounds we frequently encounter a white Hydnum (Wood Hedgehog) species that is often described in guides as Hydnum repandum – an edible … Read more
Agaricus ‘Vic Red Stainer’
One of the most interesting local Agaricus is the Victorian brown-capped red stainer. The most common variant is a dense, thickly scaled Agaricus species with … Read more
Successful outdoor fruiting of Lepista sordida – the lilac blewit
Easter Sunday we were excited to see a nice first flush of Lepista sordida (confirmed via DNA) – a small tester bag of colonised rye … Read more
Agaricus augustus
For quite a while Ive been puzzled by online and guidebook descriptions and observations of Agaricus augustus in southern Australia and particularly in Victoria. Nearly … Read more
Agaricus ‘aniseedy’ – an edible member of xanthodermatei?
Periodically I had been finding some small Agaricus species with no staining, a mild smell of aniseed and an overpowering flavour of aniseed when cooked … Read more
Agaricus ‘mini-arvensis’ – JF495061
A cute little almond-smelling Agaricus we found all over sheep pasture I Narre Warren one year and then never again was this cute little guy … Read more
Cordyceps gunnii
By chance a neighbour of mine was cutting down a large Acacia and was burning the ground below it and had stumbled upon these. He … Read more