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Date of issue: 19 Aug 1981
Designer: Celia Rosser

Plant: Cortinarius austro-venetus

Organism: Fungus
Family: Agaricaceae

Cap to 7 cm diameter.
Ranges in colour from bright yellow-green to dark blue-green.
Caps and stem are of dry texture.
Grows singly or in groups amongst eucalypt leaf litter.
Occurs in NSW, Vic, SA.


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