Tamborine Mountain Eco-Zone - Fungi
Fungi verified as exiting native to Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, Australia.
Meadow Mushroom
Agaricus campestris is commonly known as the field mushroom or, in North America, meadow mushroom. It is a widely eaten gilled mushroom closely related to the cultivated button mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
Chlorophyllum hortense
Chlorophyllum hortense is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Originally named as a species of Lepiota by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1917, it was transferred to Chlorophyllum by Else Vellinga in 2002. The fungus is found in Australia and North America. In 2006, it was reported from China.
Phlebopus
Phlebopus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletinellaceae (suborder Sclerodermatineae of the Boletales order). The genus has a widespread distribution in subtropical and pantropical regions, and contains 12 species. The species are saprobic, with some possibly able to form mycorrhizae with exotic trees in certain conditions. It contains the gigantic Phlebopus ...more ↓
Clitocybe paraditopa
Clitocybe paraditopa is a fungus of the genus Clitocybe. Found in Australia, it was described in 1919 by naturalists John Burton Cleland and Edwin Cheel. Fruitbodies of the fungus smell strongly of blossums of the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha) and sweet wattle (Acacia suaveolens).
