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Genus: Hydnangium 
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Hydnangium are generaly truffle-like mycorrhizal fungi growing on the surface or partly beried in the ground. They do not forceably discharge there spores. 
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Species: Hydnangium carneum
 Hydnangium carneum
Common Name: Pink False Truffle
Found: Urban Gardens
Substrate: Under the ground.
Spore: ?
Height: 40 mm
Width: 35 mm
Season: ?
Edible: Unknown
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Genus: Laccaria 
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Laccaria are small pink to flesh coloured or purple mycorrhizal fungi found under both native and exotic trees. These have white spiny spores with basida that are ether 2 or 4 spored. The gills are often thick and waxy and usually purple, pinkish, or flesh-coloured the cap is never slimy, which helps in separating them from the waxy gills.

 
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Species: Laccaria fraterna More ImagesLaccaria fraterna
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Leptospermum bush
Spore: White
Height: 55 mm
Width: 25 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
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Species: Laccaria glabripes McNabb More ImagesLaccaria glabripes
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Leptospermum bush
Spore: White
Height: 60 mm
Width: 25 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
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Species: laccaria lilacina More ImagesLaccaria glabripes
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Nothofagus forest
Spore: White
Height: 60 mm
Width: 30 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
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Species: Laccaria masoniae
This species is a little odd in that it change colour as it ages, it starts out a lovely purple then slowly goes tan. 		More ImagesMore ImagesLaccaria masoniae var. masoniae
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Nothofagus forest
Spore: White
Height: 100 mm
Width: 30 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Species: Laccaria ohiensisMore ImagesLaccaria ohiensis
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Leptospermum bush
Spore: White
Height: 55 mm
Width: 25 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
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Species: Laccaria violaceonigerMore ImagesLaccaria violaceoniger
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Nothofagus forest
Spore: White
Height: 60 mm
Width: 25 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
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Unidentified  
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The fungi below are those that I have been unable to identify beyond there genus. This maybe due to me miss understanding the keys or a species that have not yet been described (named).  
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Species: Laccaria species
This keys out as L. fraterna but I don't like this as the spores in particular show little in the way of spines more a textured surface (beyond my microscope to resolve).

More ImagesLaccaria species
Common Name: None
Substrate: Ground
Found: Leptospermum bush
Spore: White
Height: 60 mm
Width: 25 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
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