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AGARICS (MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS WITH GILLS)

Agarics have a fleshy fruiting body with a cap and gills and a clear stem underneath or on the side as in oyster mushrooms.
Many people are aware of the common names mushrooms and toadstools, but there is a huge range of agarics that vary in size, shape and colour.

Here are fruiting bodies  (mushrooms/toadstools) of agarics that we have found in the Narrogin area - Note still not many below but more will be added as they are collected. Note PF- refers to an example in the pictorial field book "Fungi of the Perth Region and beyond"
PictureField mushroom Agaricus campestris
1. Mushrooms (genus Agaricus)
Decomposers and mostly immigrants that are more common on organic rich soils like pasture paddocks, lawns and gardens.
Important features are: a ring on stem, a purple spore print, and dark brown gills that may be pink or white in the bud stage depending on species

click HERE to distinguish mushrooms from toadstools, but make absolutely sure before testing them for edibility.

 2. Other Agarics
In the  absence of a better system the agarics are listed by occurrence on wood or soil, then gill colour (starting from light to darker) and spore print.
​2A Fruiting bodies emerging mostly from soil (but not around dead trees)
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Erupting russula. White cap and gills like Amanita but has crumbly flesh
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Amanita xanthocephala. Yellowish gills, white spores. Amanitas are mycorrhizal fungi that have a universal veil when developing and/or a bulbous stem base. PF-J55
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Peach Amanita Amanita sp. persicina. white spores. PF-J60
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Macrolepiota clelandi. Similar to Shaggy Parasol but more slender and non staining.
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Xerula/Oudemansiella: a Rooting Shank. A decomposer with a long tapering 'root' to wood deep in the soil. Dark sticky cap white gills white spores.
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Lichenomphalia chromacea. Lichen loving fungus that can occur on soil, rock, or wood. White spores. PF-J78
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Chlorophyllum brunneum/Shaggy Parasol. White gills white spores. Decomposer often found in lawns, gardens. Stem ring, bulbous base, stains red when cut. PF-J41
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Clitocybe kenkuluneata. A decomposer in soil or litter. White spores, aniseed smell =. PF-J68
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Austropaxillus muelleri. Mycorrhizal bright brown spores.
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Cortinarius sp. Soil, brown spores.
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Cortinarius australiensis/Shaggy Webshank. Large mycorrhizal cap with rusty red spores.
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Cortinarius archeri Archers Cortinar. Mycorrhizal fungus with rusty brown spores. PF-J34
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Tubaria rufofulva. Decomposer.
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Laccarius lateritica Brick Red Laccaria. Red brown spores. Mycorrhizal. Litter PF-J17
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Galerina ap. Brown spored decomposer found in mossy soil.
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Unknown. moist top brown spores
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Unknown
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Entoloma moongum. Dark Pinkgill. Pale bluish then dusky pink gills with dull pinkish brown spores. PF-J14
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Panaeolus sp. Decomposer with black spores.
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Parasola pilicatus. Parasol Ink Cap. Decomposer in grassy areas with pale gills that turn black as it withers with little or no ink. Black spores.
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Psilocybe coprophila. Dung cap Psilocybe. Decomposer on kangaroo dung. Black spores PF-J95
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Cortinarius austrovenutus Green Skin-cap. Mycorrhizal found at Dryandra
 2B Agarics emerging on trees, dead wood, and at the base of dead plants
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Ghost Fungus/Omphalotus nidiformis PF-J21. Glows in the dark. A decomposer/pathogen found on and around dead and living stumps. Pale spores.
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Lentinellus pulvinulis PF-J77. A decomposer on living tree trunks or logs. Pale spores
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Crepidotus variabilis. A decomposer found on dead twigs and branches. White spores.
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Anthracophyllum archeri. A decomposer on fallen trees and twigs. white spores. PF-J63
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Gymnopilus sp.
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Gymnopilus austrosapineus. Decomposer on wood or around dead trees. Brown spores.
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Gymnopilus sp. brown spores.
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Mycena sp. A pixie cap found on rotting wood
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Mycena clarkiana
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Panus fasciatus/Hairy Panus. Decomposer found on dead wood. PF-J24
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