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Diagnostic Description

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Pileus up to 3 cm broad, broadly convex, dry, bright yellow to bronze colored. Flesh pale yellow to white. Lamellae adnexed bright rusty brown, covered by tenacious cortinate veil, disappearing with age. Stipe 2-3 mm long, with a trace of a marginate bulb, bright yellow.

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Distribution

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Australia.

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General Description

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Bright yellow to bronze colored. Short and squat, button-shaped. Persistent cortina. Embedded in soil or sand amongst bright mycelium and tree roots. Sequestrate or hypogeous.

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Habitat

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Poor soils with Myrtaceae.

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Look Alikes

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Cortinarius verrucisporus of western North America.

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