Indicative distribution
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Scientific name: Camarophyllopsis kearneyi
Gazetted date:
06 Sep 2002
Profile last updated:
24 Sep 2019
Description
A small, pale, gilled agaric fungus. Cap 5 - 11 mm, at first often nearly round then becoming dome shaped or deeply convex; smooth but covered with fine glistening particles (seen when viewed under a magnifying lens); dry; pallid brown with darker centre; margins scalloped forming rounded teeth and paler to near white. Flesh very thin and of same colour with cap surface. Gills fused or an extending downwards tooth or curved like a bow; distant; white to greyish white; margins of the same colour and even. Stem 15 - 27 mm x 1.5 - 2.5 mm; pale brown; dry; surface with scattered brownish fine silky fibres, cylindrical, solid.
Distribution
Known only from its type locality in Lane Cove Bushland Park in the Lane Cove local government area in the Sydney metropolitan region.
Habitat and ecology
- Its occurrence appears to be limited to the Lane Cove Bushland Park. Surveys in potentially suitable habitats elsewhere in the Sydney Basin Bioregion have failed to find Camarophyllopsis kearneyi.
- Does not produce basidiomes (above-ground fruiting structures) all year, but may be present only as non-reproductive hyphal structures below ground.
Regional distribution and habitat
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Threats
- Damage or loss due to changes in water quality and volume, particularly industrial pollutants and domestic contaminants.
- Damage and loss of habitat due to weed encroachment and inappropriate bush regeneration measures that disturb the forest canopy and native understorey plants.
- Damage and loss of habitat due to encroachment of access tracks into unstable and sensitive areas.
- Lack of understanding of habitat requirements, ecological processes and associations between fungi, their habitat and other species.
- Inappropriate fire regime.
Recovery strategies
A targeted strategy for managing this species has been developed under the Saving Our Species program; click
here for details. For more information on the Saving Our Species program click
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Activities to assist this species
- Promote local public involvement in park management, including in bush regeneration and rubbish removal and weed control.
- Investigate sources of water-borne pollution which impact on Lane Cove Bushland Park and work with councils, industry and residents to minimise impacts on waterways in the reserve.
- Redirect park use away from areas of identified habitat. Prepare and implement guidelines for maintenance of trails and tracks to minimise disturbance to habitat.
- Research appropriate bush regeneration techniques and restore degraded habitat using such techniques.
Information sources
- Kearney, R & Kearney, E. (2000) Significance of the Hygrophoraceae community of Lane Cove Bushland Park in listings under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975. Australasian Mycologist 19(2): 64-70
- NSW Scientific Committee (2000) Hygrocybeae community of Lane Cove Bushland Park - Endangered ecological community determination - final.
- NSW Scientific Committee (2002) Camarophyllopsis kearneyi (an agaric fungus) - Endangered species determination - final.
- Young, A.M. (1999) The Hygrocybeae (Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Hygrophoraceae) of the Lane Cove Bushland Park, New South Wales. Austrobaileya 5(3): 535-564
- Young, A.M. (2005) Fungi of Australia: Hygrophoraceae. (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne)
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