Dermocybe splendida E. Horak Austral. J. Bot. Suppl. Ser. 10: 33 (1983)

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Dermocybe splendida. Robust agaric with intense orange-red gills; stipe yellow below, with yellow mycelium, orange-red above; cap red to brown; spore print brown.

• Pileus/cap

  Up to 55mm broad, dark brown, convex, becoming broader with age, with small umbo (central raised bump), smooth, dry.

• Lamellae/gills

  Bright paprika red, adnexed (narrowly attached to stem) or sinuate, close, with both long and short gills.

• Stipe/stem

  Often, but not always, tall and graceful, tapering upwards from a broad base (to 17mm) to 7mm wide at apex and up to 100mm tall. Dull yellow, with bands of dark fibrils. The veil can be seen in immature fruit bodies as yellow, plentiful cobweb-like strands attaching the cap margin to the stem, but these disappear as the cap expands.

• Volva

• Ring

• Smell

• Spores

  Spore print: Brown.

• Habitat

  In eucalypt forests and woodlands, often in large groups.

• References

  Bougher, N & Syme, K. Fungi of Southern Australia, pp 264-265

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