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Hello NatureMaprs!This is an appeal to any current moderators or those looking to become a moderator. NatureMapr is now recieving an increased number of sightings from the NSW North Coast region (exci...

Then the gills are definitely not yellow enough for Phylloporus. I'll be guided by the other moderators that know the fungi in your area better than me.

Hi Pam, Yes I think the colours are fairly accurate.

Gills don't appear to be yellow enough for a Phylloporus. Looking at image 4 it appears the specimen on the left has a cortina (a web-like ring) with rusty coloured spores. If this is the case I would be thinking this lovely group of fungi most probably belong to the genus Cortinarius. In image 3 if you look at the ground to the left of the frungus in the foreground you will see coloured spores on the soil. Do you feel the colours in the images are the same as you saw in the field?

Drosera hookeri was described after this sighting was uploaded. Nearly all sightings previously included in Drosera peltata will now be Drosera hookeri. The easiest diagnostic is that hookeri stays green while the basal leaves of peltata turn red. Hookeri is also more robust than peltata and the stems can branch. Peltata has unbranched stems.

Thanks. Betty