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Ghost fungus

Ghost Fungus

Onphalotus nidiformis

The large fruiting bodies form colonies around Eucalypts and on stumps of eucalypts and introduced pines.

Ghost Fungus by day
Ghost Fungus by day
Photographer - Bruce Fuhrer
Ghost Fungus by night
Ghost Fungus by night
Photographer - Bruce Fuhrer

The fungus is luminous, glowing with a greenish light at night.

It causes heart rot in Eucalypts.

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