Nyctalis mirabilis T.W. May inMay & Fuhrer Muelleria 8: 386 (1995)

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A small greyish toadstool which is only found growing on other toadstools in Cool Temperate Rainforest. RARE.

• Pileus/Cap
  13-27 mm diameter, convex to boadly convex; silvery grey or pale greysih brown; dry.
• Lamellae/Gills
  Adnate, light brown, becoming dark brown.
• Stipe/stalk
  26-35 mm long, 1.5-3 mm diameter, cylindrical, with silky grey fibrils on surface.
• Smell
  Strongly farinaceous (mealy) to unpleasant.
• Spores
  Spore print not known, probably white.
• Habitat
  Only found in Cool Temperate Rainforest (with myrtle beech) in Victoria. Always growing on old blackened fruit bodies of toadstools of Russulaceae.
• Comments
  No other toadstools with this habit are known from Australia.
• Reference
  May, T.W. & Fuhrer, B. (1995) Muelleria 8: 387 (b/w figure)

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