Oudemansiella gigaspora group

Rooting Shank at Weetangera, ACT

Oudemansiella gigaspora group at Weetangera, ACT - 5 May 2019
Oudemansiella gigaspora group at Weetangera, ACT - 5 May 2019
Oudemansiella gigaspora group at Weetangera, ACT - 5 May 2019
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Oudemansiella 'radicata group' 6 May 2019 Heino1

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Heino1 wrote:
   6 May 2019
In Photo 3 the arrows point to soil level and to their left you see the ‘root’ which is the basis for the ‘radicata’ epithet (derived from the Latin radix=root). That ‘root’ is part of the stem and this mushroom has arisen from buried wood. Obviously the length of the ‘root’ depends on the depth of the wood that the fungus had been feeding on. I have seen much longer ‘roots’, but with increasing depth of wood it becomes more difficult to extract the entire ‘root’.

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Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 5 May 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
  • Heino1 Recorded by

Species information

  • Oudemansiella gigaspora group Scientific name
  • Rooting Shank Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1451m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Oudmansiella radicata, Xerula radicata, X. radicata var. australis Oudemansiella 'radicata group'
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