Family: Hydnangiaceae |
Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Agaricales:> Hydnangiaceae:> Hydnangium, Laccaria. |
Genus: Hydnangium |
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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Genus: Laccaria |
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. |
![]() Laccaria fraterna | ![]() Laccaria glabripes | ![]() laccaria lilacina | ![]() Laccaria masoniae | |
![]() Laccaria ohiensis | ![]() Laccaria violaceonigra |
Genus: Unidentified |
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). |
![]() Laccaria species | ![]() Laccaria species |
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