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Jarradale old growth in June.  There was one fungus growing in a hole, it may have been attached to a buried branch.  It was a fawn colour and it had gills.  It measured 4cmw x 4cmh

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Bungendore Park, Albany Hwy, Perth in July.  There were 8 of these fungi growing a the base of a jarrah tree.  One measured 12cmw x 4.5cmh.  They had white gills.

 

 

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Gleneagle State forest, Albany Hwy, Perth in June.  There was one and it measured 12cmw x 8cmh.  It had bumps on the cap and it was at the base of a paperbark tree in a swampy area.

 

In darker lighting conditions we sometimes have to use a torch to photograph which can alter the colour of the fungi slightly. 

 

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