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Parrot Waxcap - Gliophorus Psittacinus
Parrot Waxcap - Gliophorus psittacinus
Fruitbody
The cap is 5 to 40 milimeters across and is umbonate in shape, expanding to broadly convex or nearly flat. The cap is bald and slimy. It is variable in colours but is most frequently a dark green at first, after which it fades to a orangish yellow from the center outward, till it finallly turns to a dull orangish yellow. The margin of the cap is often thinly lined.¹
The gills are narrowly attached to the stipe; close or nearly distant; adnate. Initially, they usually have a pale green colour, becoming yellowish to orange-yellow throughout development.¹
The stipe is 10 to 80 milimeters long and 2 to 5 milimeters across.² Its surface is bald and slimy. Its pale green above and orangish yellow near its base when young, fading to pale yellowish overall.¹
Spores and microscopic features
The spore print is white in colour.¹
Microscopically, the spores are 6-9 x 3.5-4.5 µ in size, smooth, ellipsoid, hyaline and multiguttulate in KOH, and inamyloid. The basidia are 35-45 µ long, 4-sterigmate or occasionally 2-sterigmate.¹
Ecology and distribution
The precise ecological role uncertain, however, they appear in hardwood, conifer forests and grasslands growing scattered to gregariously. They are frequently found in moss, or on mossy embankments along wooded roadsides. They generally can be found from spring through Autumn.¹
Gliophorus psittacinus can be found in western Europe, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Greenland, the Americas, South Africa and Japan.²
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A rainbow of waxcaps
RAINBOW MUSHROOMS!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
IT IS SO COOL!!!
Most of these are Parrot Waxcaps or Gliophorus psittacinus, I want to say all of them are but it is a bit difficult to find multiple references that back up a colour range this wide of Parrot Waxcaps. I did find references that back up that Gliophorus psittacinus can be red, orange, yellow and green of colour, but I am not so sure about the blue and purple hues.
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Looks like a Spectacular Rustgill or Gymnopilus junonius. They often grow on tree stumps and tree bases.
This species also occurs in Southwest and Southeast Australia.
In the picture I cannot see the gills, I am assuming it has gills because it looks exactly like a Spectacular Rustgill, so they might still be covered by the cortina (veil).
I also found a picture of a person who identified a Spectacular Rustgill in Australia which looked really similar.
So shortly, I am fairly sure it is a Spectacular Rustgill or Gymnopilus junonius.
I hope this helps:)
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I got the pictures from iNaturalist:
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@writingraccoon Hiyaaa:) The op being Australian does help so thanks for letting me know. I do not mind being tagged in identification posts, I like id'ing fungi:)
looka this mushroom from my backyard
Mycological terms and practical vocabulary
I would recommend against reading all of this (except if you want to ofc), I made this post with the purpose of being able to look up what certain terms mean in my posts.
I have not yet used all of these terms, however I did think these were important terms. Whenever I use a new term in a post, I will add it to this list.
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A
acute - (refers to the shape) sharp
amyloid - turns blue, grey or black when stained with Meltzer’s reagent
annulus - ring of tissue on a mushroom stem left by a torn partial veil
ascomycetes - a class of fungi that produces their spores in sac-like cells called asci
B
basidiomycetes - a class of fungi that produce their spores on basidia
basidiospores - sexual spores produced on the basidia of basidiomycetes fungi
basidia - (sing. basidium) spore-producing cells of a basidiomycete fungus
biotrophic - feeding on living cells of other organisms
bulbous - (describes a stipe) with a swollen base
C
caespitose - crowded together in a tuft or a cluster but not attached to each other
caulocystidium - a cystidium on the stem of a mushroom
cheilocystidium - a cystidium on the edge of a mushroom gill
chlamydospores - asexual spores formed by the breaking up of fungal hyphae
clamp connection - swollen area formed around septum in a hypha during cell division
clavate - (often describes a stipe) club-shaped
coprophilous - growing on dung
cystidium - special sterile cell among the basidia on some fungi
D
deuteromycetes - obsolete term for a group fungi not known to reproduce sexually
dextrinoid - staining brick red or brown with Meltzer’s reagent
dichotomous - forking/divided into pairs
dikaryon - a pair of closely associated, sexually compatible nuclei
E
ectomycorrhiza (EM) - where the fungus forms sheathes around plant rootlets (often of a tree), growing between but not penetrating the cells of the plant root, and providing the plant with water and nutrients while the plant supplies sugars to the fungus
endomycorrhiza - mycorrhiza in which fungal hyphae penetrate cell walls of host plant
endophyte - fungus living within a plant without causing visible symptoms of harm
F
foetid - with a strong and offensive odour
fusiform - (describes a stipe) spindle-shaped, tapering at top and bottom
G
gleba - spore-bearing tissue enclosed within fruitbodies of gasteromycetes
guttation - the exudation of water and some metabolic byproducts produced by fungal cells
guttule - a small oil-like drop microscopically visible inside a fungal spore
H
hirsute - hairy
hyaline - clear/colourless when viewed under a microscope
hymenium - fertile spore-bearing tissue (e.g. on mushroom gill or pore surfaces)
hypha - (pl. hyphae) filamentous thread of fungal mycelium
I
inamyloid - not changing colours with Melzer's reagent
L
lamellae - gills
latex - milky fluid that oozes from cut surfaces of Lactarius species
lichen - organism comprising a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium
lignicolous - growing on wood
M
monomitic - monomitic systems only have one type of hyphae: generative hyphae
mycelium - body of a fungus, most of which is underground or hidden within wood
mycobiont - the fungal component of a lichen or of a mycorrhizal partnership
mycorrhiza - structure by which a fungus and a plant exchange nutrients mutually
myxomycetes - a large and commonly encountered group within the slime moulds
N
necrotrophic - feeding by killing and consuming (part of) another organism
nonamyloid - not turning blue, grey or black when stained with Meltzer’s reagent
O
organelle - a differentiated structure within a cell
P
parasitism - process whereby an organism feeds at the expense of another (host)
partial veil - protective membrane covering gills during development of a fruitbody
pellicle - the outer layer of a mushroom, often viscid (sticky, gelatinous) and easily peels off
peridioles - egg-like spore capsules in bird’s-nest fungi (Nidulariaceae)
peridium - outer wall of a fungus, especially a gasteromycete (e.g. a puffball)
perithecium - flask-shaped chambers containing asci within pyrenomycetes fungi
photobiont - photosynthesizing component (alga or cyanobacterium) of a lichen
pileus - (pl. pilei) the cap on the top of a mushroom stem
pleurocystidium - a cystidium on a gill surface
pores - the orifices of the tubes of polypore fungi via which spores emerge
pseudorhiza - a tap-root-like extension at the base of a mushroom stem
Q
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R
resupinate - fruitbody that lies flat on the substrate with its hymenium outermost
rhizomorph - a root-like mycelial strand comprising bunched parallel hyphae
ring - membranous remains of the partial veil attached to a stem
S saprophyte - an organism that obtains its nutrients from dead organic material
septate - (describes hyphae) partitioned by cross walls known as septa
septum - (pl. septa) a cross wall separating cells of a hyphal thread
serrate - (describes gill margins) with saw-toothed edges
sessile - without a stalk
slime moulds - a group of fungus-like organisms that use spores to reproduce
sphaerocysts - globose hyphal cells in the Russulaceae and certain other fungi
spore - reproductive structure of a fungus, usually a single cell
sporophore - fungal fruitbody
stellate - star-shaped
sterigma - (pl. sterigmata) prong at top of basidium on which a spore develops
sterile - does not produce spores, either sexually or asexually
stipe - stem of a mushroom
stipitate - (describes a fruitbody) having a stem
striate - (describes a cap) with fine radiating lines or furrows around margin
T
thallus - (pl. thalli) the body of a fungus or a lichen
tomentose - seemingly thickly covered in wool or soft hairs
trama - the flesh or context of a fungal fruitbody’s cap, gills or stem
tubes - spore-bearing cylindrical structures of boletes and polypores
U
universal veil - a protective membrane that initially surrounds an entire fruitbody
Uredinales - rust fungi (an order within the Basidiomycota)
ustilaginomycetes - smut fungi (a class within the Basidiomycota)
V
viscid - slimy or sticky
volva - remains of the universal veil found at stem base of some fungi
W
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X
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Y
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Z
Zygomycota - a class of simple fungi whose hyphae generally lack cross walls
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References
First Nature
The University of Adelaide
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Hiyaaa:) This is another part of Mycology 101, it will be linked in my pinned post.
It looks like a type of oyster mushroom, but that is not very descriptive. Maybe if you share another picture of this fungus, possibly with the gills/pores/teeth visible it would be easier to identify:)
In my workplace there's a mushroom? Fungi? Coworker? So im keeping check on its growth, since I have to maintain my Sanity in hell somehow. Their name is 'Champi'
In case someone know what this fellow coworker is, any information is apreciated.
They grow the white parte first, then the brown parte grows and the other gets small, and so on.
History of my mushroom coworker
Some months ago I thought it was a piece of wood on the really broken furniture, but then it kept growing so hold on its not wood, then it got bigger and had three pointy ends, and had spots, but then the cleaning lady wiped it with bleach, and they "died".
But now they are back, and there is a Lot More, so here se ate documenting it lol
Parrot Waxcap - Gliophorus psittacinus
I made this post in reaction to this poll.
Fruitbody
The cap is 5 to 40 milimeters across and is umbonate in shape, expanding to broadly convex or nearly flat. The cap is bald and slimy. It is variable in colours but is most frequently a dark green at first, after which it fades to a orangish yellow from the center outward, till it finallly turns to a dull orangish yellow. The margin of the cap is often thinly lined.¹
The gills are narrowly attached to the stipe; close or nearly distant; adnate. Initially, they usually have a pale green colour, becoming yellowish to orange-yellow throughout development.¹
The stipe is 10 to 80 milimeters long and 2 to 5 milimeters across.² Its surface is bald and slimy. Its pale green above and orangish yellow near its base when young, fading to pale yellowish overall.¹
Spores and microscopic features
The spore print is white in colour.¹
Microscopically, the spores are 6-9 x 3.5-4.5 µ in size, smooth, ellipsoid, hyaline and multiguttulate in KOH, and inamyloid. The basidia are 35-45 µ long, 4-sterigmate or occasionally 2-sterigmate.¹
Ecology and distribution
The precise ecological role uncertain, however, they appear in hardwood, conifer forests and grasslands growing scattered to gregariously. They are frequently found in moss, or on mossy embankments along wooded roadsides. They generally can be found from spring through Autumn.¹
Gliophorus psittacinus can be found in western Europe, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Greenland, the Americas, South Africa and Japan.²
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References
1.
2.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Images
1.
2.
3.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mutuals
@squidsandthings
@fungus-gnats
@fairy-tales-of-yesterday
@flamingears
@lameotello
@lovelyalicorn
@writingraccoon
@edukincon
@emmakapla
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Mutuals
@squidsandthings
@fungus-gnats
@fairy-tales-of-yesterday
@flamingears
@lameotello
@lovelyalicorn
@writingraccoon
@edukincon
@emmakapla
A rainbow of waxcaps
RAINBOW MUSHROOMS!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
IT IS SO COOL!!!
Most of these are Parrot Waxcaps or Gliophorus psittacinus, I want to say all of them are but it is a bit difficult to find multiple references that back up a colour range this wide of Parrot Waxcaps. I did find references that back up that Gliophorus psittacinus can be red, orange, yellow and green of colour, but I am not so sure about the blue and purple hues.
Images
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mutuals
@squidsandthings
@fungus-gnats
@fairy-tales-of-yesterday
@flamingears
@lameotello
@lovelyalicorn
@writingraccoon
@edukincon
@emmakapla